Psalms 102 · Verse 8

Psalms 102:8

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Psalms 102:8, King James Version

Psalms 102:8 in other translations

BSBAll day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
WEBMy enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
ASVMine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
YLTAll the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
DARBYMine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.
BBEMy haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.
WebsterMy enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are enraged against me are sworn against me.

What does Psalms 102:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. sworn against me--or literally, "by me," wishing others as miserable as I am (Nu 5:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 They that are mad against me are sworn against me - The Chaldeans are determined to destroy us; and they have bound themselves by oath to do it. See a similar case related Act 23:12-14, where a number of Jews had bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 102:1-11

The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, is often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our mouths. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the afflicted; let them present it to God. Even good men may be almost overwhelmed with afflictions. It is our duty and interest to pray; and it is comfort to an afflicted spirit to unburden itself, by a humble representation of its griefs. We must…

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Psalms 102:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַ֭יּוֹםHai.yomthe dayH3117
חֵרְפ֣וּנִיche.re.Fu.nithey have taunted meH2778
אוֹיְבָ֑י'oy.Vaienemies myH341
מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗יme.ho.la.Lai[those who] mock meH1984
בִּ֣יbiby me
נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ\׃nish.Ba.'uthey have swornH7650

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Cross references for Psalms 102:8

  • Acts 26:11

    And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

  • Romans 15:3

    For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

  • Psalms 69:9-10

    For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

  • Acts 23:12-35

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. …

  • Isaiah 65:15

    And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

  • Psalms 69:20

    Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  • Acts 7:54

    When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  • Psalms 31:11-13

    I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • Psalms 2:1

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

  • Psalms 89:51

    Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

  • Jeremiah 29:22

    And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • Luke 6:11

    And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

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Mine.
31:11-13; 55:3; 69:9,10,20; 89:51; Ro 15:3
mad.
2:1; Lu 6:11; Ac 7:54; 26:11
sworn.
Ac 23:12-35

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Context

  • Psalms 102:7

    I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

  • Psalms 102:8

    Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • Psalms 102:9

    For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

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Psalms 102:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cada día me afrentan mis enemigos; los que se enfurecen contra mí, hanse contra mí conjurado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je veille, et je suis comme un passereau solitaire sur un toit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Den ganzen Tag höhnen mich meine Feinde; die wider mich rasen, schwören bei mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Miserator et misericors Dominus: longanimis, et multum misericors.