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Psalms 69:12

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

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ASV

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

KJV

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יָשִׂ֣יחוּya.Si.chuthey speakH7878 →
בִ֭יviin me
יֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.vei[those who] sit ofH3427 →
שָׁ֑עַרSha.'ar[the] gateH8179 →
וּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹתu.ne.gi.Notand taunt songs ofH5058 →
שׁוֹתֵ֥יsho.Teidrinkers ofH8354 →
שֵׁכָֽר׃she.Kharstrong drinkH7941 →

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Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.Acts 4:26–27The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’Psalms 35:15–16But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.Matthew 27:41–42In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying,Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.Hosea 7:5The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.Genesis 19:1Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.Mark 15:17–19They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.Matthew 27:62–63The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.Daniel 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Luke 23:2And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”Matthew 27:12–13And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.Job 30:8–9A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.Daniel 5:2–4Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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