Psalms 89:50

Literal Standard Version

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, || I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants—in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples—

Hebrew Names Version
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

King James Version
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

English Standard Version
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,

New Century Version
Lord, remember how they insulted your servant; remember how I have suffered the insults of the nations.

New English Translation
Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

Amplified Bible
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,

New American Standard Bible
Remember, Lord, the taunt against Your servants; How I carry in my heart the taunts of all the many peoples,

World English Bible
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Remember, O Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my bosome of all the mightie people.

Legacy Standard Bible
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your slaves;How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

Berean Standard Bible
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people-

Contemporary English Version
Remember your servant, Lord! People make jokes about me, and I suffer many insults.

Complete Jewish Bible
Where, Adonai, are the acts of grace you once did, those which, in your faithfulness, you swore to David?

Darby Translation
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants—that I bear in my bosom [that of] all the mighty peoples—

Easy-to-Read Version
My Lord, please remember how people insulted your servant. Lord , I had to listen to all the insults from your enemies. They insulted your chosen king wherever he went.

George Lamsa Translation
Remember, LORD, the reproach of thy servants; for I have borne throughout my life the mockery of the Gentiles;

Good News Translation
Don't forget how I, your servant, am insulted, how I endure all the curses of the heathen.

Lexham English Bible
Remember, O Lord the taunting of your servants, how I bear in my bosom the taunts of all the many peoples,

Literal Translation
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, my bearing in my bosom the insults of the many peoples

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sela. LORDE, where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses, which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?

American Standard Version
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

Bible in Basic English
Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?

King James Version (1611)
Remember (Lord) the reproach of thy seruants: how I doe beare in my bosome the reproache of all the mighty people.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Remember O Lorde the dishonour * of thy seruauntes: I beare in my bosome [the dishonour of] all people that be mightie.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants, which I have borne in my bosom, even the reproach of many nations;

English Revised Version
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, be thou myndeful of the schenschipe of thi seruauntis, of many hethene men; whiche Y helde togidere in my bosum.

Update Bible Version
Remember, Lord, the reproach of your slaves, that I bear in my bosom from all the numerous peoples,

Webster's Bible Translation
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;

New King James Version
Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants-- How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

New Living Translation
Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

New Life Bible
O Lord, remember the shame of those who work for You. Remember how I carry near my heart the shame of all the nations.

New Revised Standard
Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(88-51) Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:

Revised Standard Version
Remember, O Lord, how thy servant is scorned; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,

Young's Literal Translation
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,

Contextual Overview

³⁸And You, You have cast off, and reject, || You have shown Yourself angry with Your anointed, ³⁹Have rejected the covenant of Your servant, || You have defiled his crown to the earth, ⁴⁰You have broken down all his hedges, || You have made his fortifications a ruin. ⁴¹Everyone passing by the way has spoiled him, || He has been a reproach to his neighbors, ⁴²You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries, || You have caused all his enemies to rejoice. ⁴³Also—You turn back the sharpness of his sword, || And have not established him in battle, ⁴⁴Have caused [him] to cease from his brightness, || And have cast down his throne to the earth. ⁴⁵You have shortened the days of his youth, || Have covered him over [with] shame. Selah. ⁴⁶Until when, O YHWH, are You hidden? Does Your fury burn as fire forever? ⁴⁷Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain || All the sons of men?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 44:13-16, Psalms 69:9, Psalms 69:19, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 74:18, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 79:10-12, Romans 15:3

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 20:3 - remember Nehemiah 2:17 - a reproach Job 7:7 - remember Psalms 31:11 - I was Psalms 74:10 - General Psalms 123:3 - for we are Isaiah 25:8 - rebuke Isaiah 37:17 - hear Lamentations 3:19 - Remembering Lamentations 3:61 - General Lamentations 5:1 - behold Ezekiel 36:15 - thou bear Hebrews 11:26 - the reproach

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants,.... The apostles of Christ, his servants, and the servants of the living God, that showed unto men the way of salvation, and other saints with them that believed in Christ, and were made willing to serve and follow him; these were now reproached by the Scribes and Pharisees for believing in him, and professing him; and were scoffed and laughed at, when they had crucified him, and laid him in the grave, triumphing over him and them, believing he would never rise again, as he had given out he should, and for which his followers were reproached; and therefore desire the Lord would remember the reproach cast upon Christ, and them, for his sake, and roll it away:

how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; the ecclesiastical and civil rulers of the Jews, their chief priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, who poured out their reproaches very plentifully on the followers of Christ, whom the psalmist here represents; which fell very heavily upon them, as a very great weight and burden, and pressed them sore, and went to their very hearts, and therefore said to be "in their bosom"; and which is mentioned to excite the divine compassion, that he would appear for them, and raise his Son from the dead, as was promised and expected; that their enemies might have no more occasion to reproach him and them: it is in the original, "I bear in my bosom all the many people" c; which some understand of the people of God, and of Christ's sustaining their persons, and making satisfaction for their sins; but the other sense is preferable: Kimchi supplies the words as we do; and so the Targum, which renders them thus,

"I bear in my bosom all the reproaches of many people.''

c כל רבים עמים "omnes multos populos", Montanus; "omnes, quam multi sunt, populos", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants - Remember this, so as to cause it to pass away; he not forgetful or unmindful of this. Compare Psalms 89:47. The psalmist desired that all this might be before the mind of God as a reason why he should help him. These promises had been made to David and his people. They had relied on them, and they were now reproached as having trusted to promises which had never been made. This reproach was consequent on what seemed to be the failure to fulfill those promises; and as this reproach came upon God, and was a reflection on his fidelity, the psalmist prays that he would allow it to come before him.

How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people - literally, “I bear in my bosom all the many people.” That is, everything that pertained to them came upon him. All their troubles; all their reverses; all their complaints; all their murmurings, seemed to come upon him. He was held responsible for everything pertaining to them; all this pressed upon his heart. Compare the bitter complaint of Moses in Numbers 11:11-15. The phrase “to bear in the bosom” here, is equivalent to bearing it on the heart. Trouble, anxiety, care, sorrow, seem to press on the heart, or fill the bosom with distressing emotions, and lay on it a heavy burden. The allusion here is not merely to reproach, but the meaning is that everything pertaining to the people came on him, and it crushed him down. The burdens of his own people, as well as the reproaches of all around him, came upon him; and he felt that he was not able to bear it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 89:50. I do bear in my bosom — Our enemies, knowing our confidence, having often heard our boast in thee, and now seeing our low and hopeless estate, mock us for our confidence, and blaspheme thee. This wounds my soul; I cannot bear to hear thy name blasphemed among the heathen. All these mighty people blaspheme the God of Jacob.