May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.