16. With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with theirteeth. Like professional buffoons who grin around the banquet, so they jeered
at the good man; not, however, out of mirth, but from violent, insatiable
hatred. Like cake-scoffers, or men who will jeer for a bit of bread, these
hireling miscreants persecuted David in order to get a bellyfull for themselves
from Saul’s table, having moreover an inward grudge against the son of Jesse
because he was a better man than themselves.
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