In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
Psalm 21:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they intended evil against thee: They imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they planned evil against You; they conceived a mischievous plot which they are not able to perform. American Standard Version (1901) For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. Common English Bible Because they sought to do you harm, they devised a wicked plan—but they will fail! Catholic Public Domain Version I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb thou art my God, |
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation.
For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
For they do not speak peace, but they conceive deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
He said to me, “Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;
When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.
Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.”
They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.