Psalm 140:9 - Easy To Read Version Lord, don’t let my enemies win.\par Those people are planning bad things.\par But make those bad things happen to them.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips and the very things they desire for me come upon them. American Standard Version (1901) As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Common English Bible Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused! Catholic Public Domain Version Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. |
Then Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends had a suggestion. They said, “Tell someone to build a post to hang him on! Make it 75 feet {\cf2\super [20]} tall! Then in the morning, ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. Then just go to the party with the king and you can be happy.”
So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.
Evil people plan to do bad things\par to other people.\par But God can \{ruin their plans,\}\par and make those bad things\par happen to them.\par Then everyone that sees them\par will shake their heads in amazement.\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
God will punish those evil judges\par for the bad things they did.\par God will destroy them\par because they sinned.\par The Lord our God will destroy\par those evil judges.\par
A good man’s words make life better. But the words from an evil man only shows the bad that is inside him. {\cf2\super [13]}
People ask God to bless a good person. Evil people might say those good things, but their words only hide the bad things they are planning. {\cf2\super [11]}
An evil person says foolish things and is trapped by his words. But a good person escapes from that kind of trouble.
When a foolish person talks, he ruins himself. His own words trap him.
All the people answered, “We will be responsible for his death. We accept for ourselves and for our children any punishment for his death.”
But I know what their enemies would say. The enemy would not understand. They would brag and say, “The Lord did not destroy Israel. We won by our own power!”’