3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,

for we have endured no end of contempt.

4 We have endured no end

of ridicule from the arrogant,

of contempt from the proud.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,

for we have had more than enough of contempt.

4 Our soul has had more than enough

of the scorn of those who are at ease,

of the contempt of the proud.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us:

For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled

With the scorning of those that are at ease,

And with the contempt of the proud.

3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,

for we have had our fill of contempt.

4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud

and the contempt of the arrogant.

3 Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us,

because we have been insulted.

4 We have suffered many insults from lazy people

and much cruelty from the proud.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us;

For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled

With the scoffing of those that are at ease,

And with the contempt of the proud.

3 Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

3 Have pity on us, O Lord. 

Have pity on us 

because we have suffered more than our share of contempt. 

4 We have suffered more than our share of ridicule 

from those who are carefree. 

We have suffered more than our share of contempt 

from those who are arrogant. 

3 Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,

for we’ve had more than enough contempt.

4 We’ve had more than enough

scorn from the arrogant

and contempt from the proud.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,

for we have had more than enough of contempt.

4 Our soul has had more than its fill

of the scorn of those who are at ease,

of the contempt of the proud.

3 Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us,

for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

4 For long enough our soul has had its fill of

the derision of the self-confident,

the contempt of the arrogant.

3 Lord, show us your favor. Show us your favor,

because people have made so much fun of us.

4 We have had to put up with a lot from those who are proud.

They were always laughing at us.

3 Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us,

For we are greatly filled with contempt.

4 Our soul is greatly filled

With the scoffing of those who are at ease,

And with the contempt of the proud.