⁹ “And now those young men mock me^(A) in song;^(B)
    I have become a byword^(C) among them.

⁶³ Look at them! Sitting or standing,
    they mock me in their songs.^(A)

⁶ “God has made me a byword^(A) to everyone,^(B)
    a man in whose face people spit.^(C)

¹⁴ I became the laughingstock^(A) of all my people;^(B)
    they mock me in song^(C) all day long.

¹¹ when I put on sackcloth,^(A)
    people make sport of me.
¹² Those who sit at the gate^(B) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.^(C)

¹⁴ You have made us a byword^(A) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(B) at us.

¹⁵ But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;^(A)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered^(B) me without ceasing.
¹⁶ Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;^[a](C)
    they gnashed their teeth^(D) at me.

⁴ “I have become a laughingstock^(A) to my friends,^(B)
    though I called on God and he answered^(C)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(D)