Are you trying to scare me?\par I am only a leaf blowing in the wind.\par You are attacking a little piece of straw!\par
Psalm 83:13 - Easy To Read Version Make those people like a tumbleweed {\cf2\super [480]} \par blown by the wind.\par Scatter those people\par like the wind scatters straw.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O my God, make them like a wheel; As the stubble before the wind. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble or chaff before the wind! American Standard Version (1901) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. Common English Bible My God, make them like tumbleweeds, like chaff blown by wind. Catholic Public Domain Version He will not withhold good things from those who walk in innocence. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who hopes in you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. |
Are you trying to scare me?\par I am only a leaf blowing in the wind.\par You are attacking a little piece of straw!\par
Does God blow the evil people away,\par like the wind blows straw,\par like strong winds blow the grain husks?\par
My God, my God!\par Why did you leave me?\par You are too far away to save me!\par You are too far away to hear my cries for help!\par
Make those people be like chaff {\cf2\super [215]} \par blown by the wind. {\cf2\super [216]} \par Let them be chased by the Lord’s angel.\par
My God, you are my king.\par Give the command\par and lead Jacob’s people to victory.\par
In your great majesty you destroyed the men who stood against you. Your anger destroyed them, like fire burning straw.
\{Those rulers are like plants\};\par they are planted in the ground,\par but before they can send their roots\par into the ground,\par God blows on the “plants,”\par and they become dead and dry,\par and the wind blows them away like straw.\par
\{Tell me the answers to these questions:\}\par Who woke the man \{that is coming\}\par from the east?\par Goodness walks with him.\par He uses his sword \{and defeats nations\}—\par they become like dust.\par He uses his bow and conquers kings—\par they run away like straw blown\par by the wind.\par
“I will force you to leave your homes.\par You will run in all directions.\par You will be like chaff {\cf2\super [116]} blown away\par by the desert wind.\par
You said, “These two nations and countries (Israel and Judah) will be mine. We will take them for our own.”
Tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘The enemy said bad things against you. They said: Hurrah! Now the ancient mountains {\cf2\super [278]} will be ours!’
He will come ready to clean the grain. {\cf2\super [43]} He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped.”