Psalms 35:16 meaning and explanation

Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

Psalms 35:16, Berean Standard Bible

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In this psalm David describes being attacked by people he had treated as friends, and verse 16 pictures their mockery at its worst. The Hebrew is difficult, but the sense is of coarse, irreligious men who gather like guests at a feast and turn their contempt into a physical gesture, grinding their teeth at him.

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