23 The archers attacked him,
shot at him, and were hostile toward him.

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23 With bitterness archers attacked him;(A)
    they shot at him with hostility.(B)

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His anger tears at me, and He harasses(A) me.
He gnashes His teeth at me.
My enemy pierces me with His eyes.

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God assails me and tears(A) me in his anger(B)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(C)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(D)

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because of the enemy’s voice,
because of the pressure[a] of the wicked.
For they bring down disaster on me[b]
and harass me in anger.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 55:3 Or threat, or oppression
  2. Psalm 55:3 LXX, Syr, Sym; MT reads they cause me to totter

    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(A)
    and assail(B) me in their anger.(C)

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