American Standard Version
"For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded. "
— Psalms 69:26, American Standard Version
“For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.”
“For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.”
“For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish.”
“Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.”
“For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.”
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.