Psalm 37:14 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and bent their bow, to slay The poor and needy, and to kill men of an upright way.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly (blameless in conduct and in conversation).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to bring down the weak and the needy, to slaughter those whose way is right.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

Psalm 37:14 Cross References

Psalm 11:2

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, their shafts on string they fit, That those who upright are in heart they privily may hit.

Psalm 35:10

And all my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like unto thee, Which dost the poor set free from him that is for him too strong; The poor and needy from the man that spoils and does him wrong?