Psalms 109 · Verse 25

Psalms 109:25

I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Psalms 109:25, King James Version

Psalms 109:25 in other translations

BSBI am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
WEBI have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
ASVI am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.
YLTAnd I--I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.
DARBYAnd I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads.
BBEAs for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.
WebsterI became also a reproach to them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads.

What does Psalms 109:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 109:24-25

24-25. Taunts and reproaches aggravate his afflicted and feeble state (Psa 22:6, 7).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 When they looked upon me they soaked their heads - Thus was David treated by Shimei, 2Sam 16:5, 2Sam 16:6, and our blessed Lord by the Jews, Mat 27:39.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 109:21-31

The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse…

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Psalms 109:25 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.

וַאֲנִ֤י\׀va.'a.Niand IH589
הָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiI have becomeH1961
חֶרְפָּ֣הcher.Paha reproachH2781
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto them
יִ֝רְא֗וּנִיyir.'U.nithey see meH7200
יְנִיע֥וּןye.ni.'Unthey shake !H5128
רֹאשָֽׁם\׃ro.Shamhead theirH7218

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 109:25

  • Psalms 22:6-7

    But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

  • 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 69:19-20

    Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. 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.

  • Psalms 69:9-12

    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. I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

  • Job 16:4

    I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

  • Hebrews 13:13

    Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Mark 15:29

    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Isaiah 37:22

    This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • 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 35:15-16

    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  • Matthew 27:39-40

    And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a reproach.
31:11-13; 35:15,16; 69:9-12,19,20; Ro 15:3; Heb 12:2; 13:13
when they.
22:6,7; Job 16:4; Isa 37:22; Mt 27:39,40

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Context

  • Psalms 109:24

    My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

  • Psalms 109:25

    I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  • Psalms 109:26

    Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

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Psalms 109:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo he sido para ellos objeto de oprobio; mirábanme, y meneaban su cabeza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et moi, je leur suis en opprobre; quand ils me voient, ils hochent la tête.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich, ich bin ihnen zum Hohn geworden; wenn sie mich sehen, schütteln sie ihren Kopf.