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Psalm 18:41

New International Reader's Version

They cried out for help. But there was no one to save them. They called out to the Lord. But he didn’t answer them.

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God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.

The nations were all around me. But by the Lord’s power I destroyed them.

They were around me on every side. But by the Lord’s power I destroyed them.

“You who forget God, think about this. If you don’t, I will tear you to pieces. No one will be able to save you.

“Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

So I say, ‘I will bring trouble on them. They will not be able to escape it. They will cry out to me. But I will not listen to them.

Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cry for help. They might sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, hunger and plague.”

So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

They do not cry out to me from their hearts. Instead, they just lie on their beds and sob. They cut themselves when they pray to their gods for grain and fresh wine. But they turn away from me.

The time will come when Israel will cry out to the Lord. But he won’t answer them. In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them. They have done what is evil.

“When I called, they did not listen,” says the Lord. “So when they called, I would not listen.

The owner of the house will get up and close the door. Then you will stand outside knocking and begging. You will say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. And I don’t know where you come from.’

Joshua put the five kings to death. He stuck a pole through each of their bodies. Then he set the poles up where people could see the bodies. He left them there until evening.




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