Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel; what shall we do?”
Psalm 86:14 - Revised Standard Version O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seek my life, and they do not set thee before them. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O God, the proud are risen against me, And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; And have not set thee before them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O God, the proud and insolent are risen against me; a rabble of violent and ruthless men has sought and demanded my life, and they have not set You before them. American Standard Version (1901) O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them. Common English Bible The arrogant rise up against me, God. A gang of violent people want me dead. They don’t give a thought for you. |
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel; what shall we do?”
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Why does the wicked renounce God, and say in his heart, “Thou wilt not call to account”?
In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Godless men utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from thy law.
The godless besmear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep thy precepts;
Godless men have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to thy law.
Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the Lord?
Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. Selah
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
For insolent men have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before them. Selah
He will requite my enemies with evil; in thy faithfulness put an end to them.
Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, every man in his room of pictures? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
Then he said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’