Why do ye persecute me as God,\par\tab And are not satisfied with my flesh?\par
Psalm 27:2 - American Standard Version 2015 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,\par\tab {\i Even} mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, They stumbled and fell. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. American Standard Version (1901) When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Common English Bible When evildoers come at me trying to eat me up— it’s they, my foes and my enemies, who stumble and fall! Catholic Public Domain Version Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple. |
Why do ye persecute me as God,\par\tab And are not satisfied with my flesh?\par
If the men of my tent have not said,\par\tab Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns:\par\tab In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,\par\tab Who eat up my people {\i as} they eat bread,\par\tab And call not upon Jehovah?
The cords of death compassed me,\par\tab And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
For dogs have compassed me:\par\tab A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;\par\tab They pierced my hands and my feet.
Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God:\par\tab For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;\par\tab Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,\par\tab Who eat up my people {\i as} they eat bread,\par\tab And call not upon God?
When mine enemies turn back,\par\tab They stumble and perish at thy presence.
And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.\par