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Psalm 86:14

New International Reader's Version

God, proud people are attacking me. A gang of mean people is trying to kill me. They don’t care about you.

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Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

Absalom and all the men of Israel agreed. They said, “The advice of Hushai, the Arkite, is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” The Lord had decided that Ahithophel’s good advice would fail. The Lord wanted to bring horrible trouble on Absalom.

Sinful people say to themselves, “God will never notice. He covers his face. He never sees us.”

Why do sinful people attack you with their words? Why do they say to themselves, “He won’t hold us accountable”?

Because he is proud, that evil person doesn’t turn to the Lord. There is no room for God in any of his thoughts.

Proud people make fun of me without mercy. But I don’t turn away from your law.

The lies of proud people have taken away my good name. But I follow your rules with all my heart.

Proud people do what is against your law. They dig pits for me to fall into.

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.

Proud people have hidden their traps to catch me. They have spread out their nets. They have set traps for me along my path.

I have a message from God in my heart. It is about the evil ways of anyone who sins. They don’t have any respect for God.

Don’t let the feet of those who are proud step on me. Don’t let the hands of those who are evil drive me away.

Enemies who are proud are attacking me. Mean people are trying to kill me. They don’t care about God.

My enemies tell lies about me. Do to them the evil things they planned against me. God, be faithful and destroy them.

The Lord spoke to me. He said, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of Israel are doing in the dark? Each of them is in his own room worshiping his own god. They say, ‘The Lord doesn’t see us. He has deserted the land.’ ”

He answered me, “The sin of Israel and Judah is very great. The land is full of murderers. Its people are not being fair to one another anywhere in Jerusalem. They say, ‘The Lord has deserted the land. He doesn’t see us.’




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