In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalm 11:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For see, the wicked are bending the bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they [furtively] in darkness may shoot at the upright in heart. American Standard Version (1901) For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart; Common English Bible because the wicked have already bent their bows; they’ve already strung their arrows; they are ready to secretly shoot those whose heart is right”? Catholic Public Domain Version Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men. |
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.
For thou shalt make them turn their back, Thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as be upright in the way:
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; And all the upright in heart shall glory.
If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
For judgement shall return unto righteousness: And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
And they bend their tongue as it were their bow for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law a second time.
And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.