39:8 Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion!
Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!
44:13 You made us 1 an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 2
79:4 We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;
those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. 3
89:41 All who pass by 4 have robbed him;
he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
2 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.”
3 tn Heb “an [object of] taunting and [of] mockery to those around us.” See Ps 44:13.
4 tn Heb “all the passersby on the road.”