Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your counsel; what shall we do?”
Psalm 86:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 O God, the insolent rise up against me; a band of ruffians seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. More versionsKing 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 us your counsel; what shall we do?”
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 ruin on Absalom.
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”
Why do the wicked renounce God and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”; all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”
The arrogant smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts.
Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in their hearts; there is no fear of God before their eyes.
Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me or the hand of the wicked drive me away.
For the insolent have risen against me; the ruthless seek my life; they do not set God before them. Selah
He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them.
Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of perversity, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’