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Psalm 10:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

The wicked are too proud to turn to you or even think about you.

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Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things.

Get rid of these evil thoughts and ask God to forgive you.

The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

They know about God, but they don't honor him or even thank him. Their thoughts are useless, and their stupid minds are in the dark.

All day long I have reached out to stubborn and sinful people going their own way.

Only a fool would say, “There is no God!” People like that are worthless! They are heartless and cruel and never do right.

They rejected God All-Powerful, feeling he was helpless,

But when all this happens, don't be proud! Don't forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and that it was the Lord who set you free.

“Who is this Lord and why should I obey him?” the king replied. “I refuse to let you and your people go!”

At that time you did not know about Christ. You were foreigners to the people of Israel, and you had no part in the promises God had made to them. You were living in this world without hope and without God,

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder,

If you humbly obey the Lord, then come and worship him. If you do right and are humble, perhaps you will be safe on that day when the Lord turns loose his anger.

But Jerusalem, there is still time for you to be saved. Wash the evil from your hearts and stop making sinful plans,

Now listen to what I say! Did I abandon you in the desert or surround you with darkness? You are my people, yet you have told me, “We'll do what we want, and we refuse to worship you!”

You hurry off to do wrong or murder innocent victims. All you think about is sin; you leave ruin and destruction wherever you go.

The look on your faces shows that you are sinful as Sodom, and you don't try to hide it. You are in for trouble, and you have brought it all on yourselves.

When the Lord comes, everyone who is proud will be made humble, and the Lord alone will be honored.

Some people are stuck-up and act like snobs;

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Evil people are proud and arrogant, but sin is the only crop they produce.

Those who are too proud or tell lies or murder,

Anyone who spreads gossip will be silenced; no one who is conceited will be my friend.

Sinners don't respect God; sin is all they think about.

My heart tells me to pray. I am eager to see your face,

You rescue the humble, but you put down all who are proud.

Only evil people would say, “God Most High cannot know everything!”

When we see criminals commit crime after crime without being punished, it makes us want to start a life of crime.

I'll search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those people who sit there unworried while thinking, “The Lord won't do anything, good or bad.”




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