Why? Because that evil man\par never did anything good.\par He never loved anyone\par He made life hard for poor, helpless people.\par
Psalm 10:2 - Easy To Read Version Proud and wicked people make evil plans.\par And they hurt poor people.\par 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? |
Why? Because that evil man\par never did anything good.\par He never loved anyone\par He made life hard for poor, helpless people.\par
Promise to be good to me.\par I am your servant.\par Lord, don’t let those proud people hurt me.\par
People who think they are better than me\par told bad lies about me.\par But I continued to obey your commands\par with all my heart, Lord.\par
Some proud people stabbed me\par with their lies.\par And that is against your teachings.\par
Those proud people set a trap for me.\par They spread a net to catch me.\par They set a trap in my path.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [639]})\i0 \par
Those bad people brag\par and tell lies about good people.\par Those bad people are very proud.\par But their lying lips will be silent.\par
Lord, don’t let proud people trap me.\par Don’t let me be caught by evil people.\par
Those evil people curse and tell lies.\par Punish them for the things they said.\par Let their pride trap them.\par
They will receive the punishment\par they should get.\par They were cruel to other people.\par But they will get what they deserve.\par
Now I know the Lord is greater than all the gods. They thought they were in control, but look what God did!
The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.
You always told yourself,\par “\{I will be like God Most-High\}.\par I will go to the skies above.\par I will put my throne above God’s stars.\par I will sit on holy mountain, Zaphon. {\cf2\super [150]} \par I will meet \{with the gods\}\par on that mountain.\par
The people look at you and think about you.\par \{They see that you are only a dead body,\}\par and the people say,\par “Is this the same man that caused great fear\par in all the kingdoms on earth?\par
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and some other men were proud and stubborn. Those people became angry at Jeremiah. Those men said to Jeremiah, “Jeremiah, you are lying! The Lord our God didn’t send you to say to us, ‘You people must not go to Egypt to live there.’