Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great, but let me not fall into human hands.”
Psalm 106:41 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 he gave them into the hand of the nations, so that those who hated them ruled over them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; And they that hated them ruled over them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He gave them into the hands of the [heathen] nations, and they that hated them ruled over them. American Standard Version (1901) And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And they that hated them ruled over them. Common English Bible God handed them over to the nations; people who hated them ruled over them. Catholic Public Domain Version And he helped the poor out of destitution, and he stationed families like sheep. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he helped the poor out of poverty: and made him families like a flock of sheep. |
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is great, but let me not fall into human hands.”
Therefore I stretched out my hand against you, reduced your rations, and gave you up to the will of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.
“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out against them one way and flee before them seven ways. You shall become an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way, and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.
A people whom you do not know shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; you shall be continually abused and crushed
therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and lack of everything. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
How could one have routed a thousand and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, the Lord had given them up?
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then have you done to us?” He replied, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers who plundered them, and he sold them into the power of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.