Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
Psalm 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalm 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 119:22Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
Ezekiel 36:6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
Treasury of Scripture
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
have mercy
Psalm 56:1,2
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me…
Psalm 57:1
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalm 69:13-16
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation…
for we are
Psalm 44:13-16
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us…
Psalm 89:50,51
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; …
Nehemiah 4:2-4
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? …
