Because he remembered not to show kindness,\par\tab But persecuted the poor and needy man,\par\tab And the broken in heart, to slay {\i them}.
Psalm 10:2 - American Standard Version 2015 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued;\par\tab Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked in pride and arrogance hotly pursue and persecute the poor; let them be taken in the schemes which they have devised. American Standard Version (1901) In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. Common English Bible Meanwhile, the wicked are proudly in hot pursuit of those who suffer. Let them get caught in the very same schemes they’ve thought up! Catholic Public Domain Version I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, "Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul, Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow? |
Because he remembered not to show kindness,\par\tab But persecuted the poor and needy man,\par\tab And the broken in heart, to slay {\i them}.
Be surety for thy servant for good:\par\tab Let not the proud oppress me.
The proud have forged a lie against me:\par\tab With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
The proud have digged pits for me,\par\tab Who are not according to thy law.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;\par\tab They have spread a net by the wayside;\par\tab They have set gins for me. {\i Selah
Let the lying lips be dumb,\par\tab Which speak against the righteous insolently,\par\tab With pride and contempt.
Let not the foot of pride come against me,\par\tab And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
{\i For} the sin of their mouth, {\i and} the words of their lips,\par\tab Let them even be taken in their pride,\par\tab And for cursing and lying which they speak.
His mischief shall return upon his own head,\par\tab And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
His own iniquities shall take the wicked,\par\tab And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, {\i saying}, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: Jehovah our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;