He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
Psalm 59:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: And for cursing and lying which they speak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them even be trapped and taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they utter. American Standard Version (1901) For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. Common English Bible For the sin of their mouths, the words that they speak, let them be captured in their pride. For the curses and lies they repeat, Catholic Public Domain Version Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies? |
He strips understanding from the leaders of the earth and makes them wander in a pathless waste.
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
Their mouths are filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under their tongues are mischief and iniquity.
Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!
The righteousness of the upright saves them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.
The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.
The mouths of fools are their ruin, and their lips a snare to themselves.
you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.
But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go; then they shall know that I am the Lord.
Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
On that day you shall not be put to shame because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.
Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
and said, “Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”