Why do you persecute me like God does?\par Don’t you get tired of hurting me?\par
Psalm 27:2 - Easy To Read Version Evil people might attack me.\par They might try to destroy my body.\par My enemies might try to attack\par and destroy me.\par 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 you persecute me like God does?\par Don’t you get tired of hurting me?\par
All the people in my house know that\par I have always given food to strangers.\par
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
Bad people have destroyed my people.\par And those bad people don’t know God.\par Bad people have plenty of food to eat. {\cf2\super [76]} \par And they don’t even worship the Lord.\par
\{My enemies were trying to kill me!\}\par The ropes of death were all around me.\par I was caught in a flood carrying me to that place of death. {\cf2\super [100]} \par
The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par
Lord, get up! {\cf2\super [10]} \par My God, come rescue me!\par \{You are very strong!\}\par If you hit my bad enemies on the cheek,\par you will break all their teeth.\par
God says,\par “Surely those evil people know the truth!\par But they don’t pray to me.\par Evil people are as ready to destroy\par my people as they are to eat food.”\par
My enemies turned to run from you.\par But they fell and were destroyed.\par
(Many people will fall over this rock. Those people will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.)