"Proud,""Haughty,""Scoffer,"are his names,Who actswith insolentpride.
How blessedis the manwhodoes not walkin the counselof the wicked,Norstandin the pathof sinners,Norsitin the seatof scoffers!
"Howlong,O naiveones,will you lovebeing simple-minded?And scoffersdelightthemselves in scoffingAnd foolshateknowledge?
Pride[goes] beforedestruction,And a haughtyspiritbeforestumbling.
Beforedestructionthe heartof manis haughty,But humility[goes] beforehonor.
Judgmentsare preparedfor scoffers,And blowsfor the backof fools.
The devisingof follyis sin,And the scofferis an abominationto men.
ThoughHe scoffsat the scoffers,Yet He givesgraceto the afflicted.
Haughtyeyes,a lyingtongue,And handsthat shedinnocentblood,
We have heardof the prideof Moab,an excessivepride;[Even] of his arrogance,pride,and fury;His idleboastsare false.
For the ruthlesswill cometo an endand the scornerwill be finished,Indeed allwho are intenton doingevilwill be cutoff;
"We have heardof the prideof Moab--he [is] veryproud--Of his haughtiness,his pride,his arroganceand his self-exaltation.
"Furthermore,winebetraysthe haughtyman,So that he does not stayat home.He enlargeshis appetitelike Sheol,And he is like death,neversatisfied.He also gathersto himself allnationsAnd collectsto himself allpeoples.
Thenwhen Herodsawthat he had been trickedby the magi,he became veryenraged,and sentand slewallthe male childrenwho were in Bethlehemand allits vicinity,from two years oldand under,accordingto the timewhichhe had determinedfrom the magi.
