And Absalom would answer him: "Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you." And Absalom would say:
Psalm 55:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked: For they cast iniquity upon me, And in wrath they hate me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me. American Standard Version (1901) Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me. Common English Bible over the enemy’s noise, at the wicked person’s racket, because they bring disaster on me and harass me furiously. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me. English Standard Version 2016 because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. |
And Absalom would answer him: "Your words seem good and just to me. But there is no one appointed by the king to hear you." And Absalom would say:
said to him: "May you not impute to me, my lord, the iniquity, nor call to mind the injuries, of your servant in the day that you, my lord the king, departed from Jerusalem. And may you not store it up in your heart, O king.
lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.
A smoke ascended by his wrath, and a fire flared up from his face: coals were kindled by it.
Extend your mercy before those who know you, and your justice to these, who are upright in heart.
Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed
And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.
They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: "Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.
Then the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.