God makes leaders foolish.\par He makes them wander aimlessly\par through the desert.\par
Psalm 59:12 - Easy To Read Version Those evil people curse and tell lies.\par Punish them for the things they said.\par Let their pride trap them.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: And for cursing and lying which they speak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them even be trapped and taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they utter. American Standard Version (1901) For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. Common English Bible For the sin of their mouths, the words that they speak, let them be captured in their pride. For the curses and lies they repeat, Catholic Public Domain Version Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies? |
God makes leaders foolish.\par He makes them wander aimlessly\par through the desert.\par
Proud and wicked people make evil plans.\par And they hurt poor people.\par
Those people are always cursing.\par They are always saying bad things about other people.\par They are always planning evil things to do.\par
God, punish the people around us\par seven times for what they did to us.\par Punish those people for insulting you.\par
Goodness saves the honest person. But evil people are trapped by the bad things they want.
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.
\{If you do,\} then you will be trapped. And you will have trapped yourself with your own words!
The words and the thoughts of\par my enemies\par are against me all the time—\par
“But I will let a few of the people live. They won’t die from the disease, hunger, and war. I will let those people live so they can tell other people about the terrible things they did against me. And then they will know that I am the Lord.”
The people swear, lie, kill, and steal. They do the sin of adultery, {\cf2\super [31]} and they have their babies. The people murder again and again. {\cf2\super [32]}
“Then, Jerusalem, you will no longer be ashamed of the bad things your people do against me. Why? Because I will remove all of those bad people from Jerusalem. I will take away all of those proud people. There won’t be any of those proud people on my holy mountain. {\cf2\super [21]}
All the people answered, “We will be responsible for his death. We accept for ourselves and for our children any punishment for his death.”
They said, “Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise from death.’
They said again and again, “But Jesus is making trouble with the people! He teaches all around Judea. He began in Galilee, and now he is here!”