But bad people are like thorns. People don’t hold thorns. They throw them away.
Psalm 118:12 - Easy To Read Version Enemies surrounded me\par like a swarm of bees.\par But, they were quickly finished\par like a fast burning bush.\par I defeated them with the Lord’s power.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They swarmed about me like bees, they blaze up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! [Deut. 1:44.] American Standard Version (1901) They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. Common English Bible They surrounded me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns. I cut them down in the LORD’s name! Catholic Public Domain Version Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications. |
But bad people are like thorns. People don’t hold thorns. They throw them away.
May the Lord answer your call for help\par when you have troubles.\par May the God of Jacob protect you.\par
We will be happy when God helps you.\par Let’s praise God’s name.\par May the Lord give you\par everything that you ask for!\par
May they be destroyed quickly like thorns\par that burn too fast to heat the pot.\par
Lord our Master,\par your name is the most wonderful name\par in all the earth!\par
The laughter of fools is such a waste.\par It is like thorns burning under a pot.\par \{The thorns burn up so fast,\par that the pot does not get hot.\} {\cf2\super [31]} \par
I am not angry.\par But if there is war and someone builds\par a wall of thorn bushes, {\cf2\super [249]} \par then I will march to it and burn it.\par
People will be burned until their bones become lime. {\cf2\super [307]} The people will burn quickly like thorns and dry bushes.
You will be completely destroyed\par like thorn bushes burning under a pot.\par You will be destroyed quickly\par like dry weeds that burn fast.\par
But the Amorite people living there came out to fight against you. They were like a swarm of bees chasing you. They chased you all the way from Seir to Hormah.
David said to the Philistine (Goliath), “You come to me using sword, spear, and javelin. [160] But I come to you in the name of the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the armies of Israel! You have said bad things about him.