He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Psalm 59:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us? American Standard Version (1901) Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? Common English Bible See what they belch out with their mouths: swords are between their lips! Who can listen to them? Catholic Public Domain Version Save me with your right hand, and hear me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save me with thy right hand, and hear me. |
He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Why does the wicked renounce God, and say in his heart, “Thou wilt not call to account”?
His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
“Have you not observed what these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families which he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.
You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.