They [are] not in trouble [as other] men, Nor are they plagued like [other] men.

Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.

They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.

The proud have me in great derision, [Yet] I do not turn aside from Your law.

A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; [It is] made ready for those whose feet slip.

I also could speak as you [do,] If your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;

" Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has settled on his dregs, And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remained in him, And his scent has not changed.

For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him, You shake [your head in scorn.]

"We have heard the pride of Moab (He [is] exceedingly proud), Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride, And of the haughtiness of his heart."

For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, "We will hear you again on this [matter."]

Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!"

being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.