Psalms 59:8
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
BSB
ASV
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
KJV
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them. He speaks to God, as to one who is close at hand. He points to the liers in wait and speaks to God about them. They are laughing at me, and longing for my destruction, but thou hast the laugh of them seeing thou hast determined to send them away without their victim, and made fools of by Michal. The greatest, cleverest, and most malicious of the enemies of the church are only objects of ridicule to the Lord; their attempts are utterly futile, they need give no concern to our faith.
"They think God does not hear them, does not heed them; but thou, O Lord! shalt laugh at them for their folly, to think that he who planted the ear shall not hear, and thou shalt have not them only, but all such other heathenish people that live without God in the world, in derision. " Note, Atheists and persecutors are worthy to be laughed at and had in derision.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
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but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
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in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
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He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
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Psalms 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
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The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Matthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
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Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
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Proverbs 1:26in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
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What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.