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Psalm 14:4

New International Reader's Version

Do all these people who do evil know nothing? They eat up my people as if they were eating bread. They never call out to the Lord.

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Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him? What would we get if we prayed to him?’

They won’t take delight in the Mighty One. They’ll never call out to God.

My enemies are evil. They will trip and fall when they attack me and try to swallow me up.

Bring your great anger against the nations that don’t pay any attention to you. Bring it against the kingdoms that don’t worship you.

“You leaders don’t know anything. You don’t understand anything. You are in the dark about what is right. Law and order have been destroyed all over the world.

Some people have teeth like swords. The teeth in their jaws are as sharp as knives. They are ready to eat up the poor people of the earth. They are ready to eat up those who are the most needy.

When their twigs are dry, they will be broken off. Then women will come and make fires with them. The people of Jacob don’t understand the Lord. So the God who made them won’t be concerned about them. Their Creator won’t be kind to them.

So once more I will shock these people with many wonderful acts. I will destroy the wisdom of those who think they are so wise. I will do away with the cleverness of those who think they are so smart.”

“Come together, you people of the nations who escaped from Babylon. Gather together and come into court. Only people who do not know anything would carry around gods that are made out of wood. They pray to false gods that can’t save them.

So my people will be taken away as prisoners. That’s because they don’t understand what the Lord has done. Their nobles will die of hunger. The rest of the people won’t have any water to drink.

All of us have become like someone who is “unclean.” All the good things we do are like dirty rags to you. All of us are like leaves that have dried up. Our sins sweep us away like the wind.

No one prays to you. No one asks you for help. You have turned your face away from us. You have let us feel the effects of our sins.

Pour out your great anger on the nations. They don’t pay any attention to you. They refuse to worship you. They have destroyed the people of Jacob. They’ve wiped them out completely. They’ve also destroyed the land they lived in.

All of them are as hot as an oven. They destroy their rulers. All their kings fall from power. But none of them calls on the Lord for help.

Listen to me, you who walk all over needy people. You crush those who are poor in the land.

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

If you say or do things that harm one another, watch out! You could end up destroying one another.




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