Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers,
Psalm 106:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes and were brought low through their iniquity. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. American Standard Version (1901) Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. Common English Bible God delivered them numerous times, but they were determined to rebel, and so they were brought down by their own sin. Catholic Public Domain Version Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord? |
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers,
they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
for they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
For they and their livestock would come up, and they would even bring their tents, as thick as locusts; neither they nor their camels could be counted, so they wasted the land as they came in.
Thus Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help. [[
Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “The Hebrews must not make swords or spears for themselves,”