So those poor people begin thinking,\par “God has forgotten us!\par He has turned away from us forever!\par God doesn’t see what is happening to us!”\par
Psalm 59:7 - Easy To Read Version Listen to their threats and insults.\par They say such cruel things,\par and they don’t care who hears them.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us? American Standard Version (1901) Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? Common English Bible See what they belch out with their mouths: swords are between their lips! Who can listen to them? Catholic Public Domain Version Save me with your right hand, and hear me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save me with thy right hand, and hear me. |
So those poor people begin thinking,\par “God has forgotten us!\par He has turned away from us forever!\par God doesn’t see what is happening to us!”\par
Why do bad people turn against God?\par Because they think he won’t punish them.\par
My enemies attack their own friends.\par They don’t do the things they agree to do.\par
My life is in danger.\par My enemies are all around me.\par They are like man-eating lions,\par with teeth as sharp as spears\par and arrows,\par and tongues as sharp as a sword.\par
Those evil people say,\par “God doesn’t know what we are doing!\par God Most-High does not know!”\par
How much longer will those criminals\par brag about the bad things they did?\par
If a person speaks words without thinking, then those words can hurt like a sword. But a wise person is careful with the things he says. His words can heal those hurts.
When a wise person speaks, other people want to listen. But a foolish person speaks only foolishness.
Good people think before they answer. But evil people speak before they think, and that causes them trouble.
“Jeremiah, have you heard what the people are saying? Those people are saying, ‘The Lord turned away from the two families of Israel and Judah. The Lord chose those people, but now he does not even accept them as a nation.’”
The words and the thoughts of\par my enemies\par are against me all the time—\par
You snakes! You are evil people! How can you say anything good? The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.