Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par
Psalm 83:3 - Easy To Read Version They make secret plans against\par your people.\par Your enemies are discussing plans\par against the people you love.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, And consulted against thy hidden ones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones. American Standard Version (1901) They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. Common English Bible They concoct crafty plans against your own people; they plot against the people you favor. Catholic Public Domain Version My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God. |
Those bad people are like lions trying to catch the animals they will eat.\par They attack poor people.\par The poor people are caught in the traps that the evil people make.\par
Why are the people from other nations\par so angry?\par Why are they making foolish plans?\par
The Lord will protect me\par when I am in danger.\par He will hide me in his tent. {\cf2\super [163]} \par He will take me up\par to his place of safety.\par
Bad people join together to hurt good people.\par Those bad people try to start fights.\par But you hide those good people\par and protect them.\par You protect them in your shelter.\par
They hide together\par and watch my every move,\par hoping for some way to kill me.\par
Protect me from the secret plans of my enemies.\par Hide me from those wicked people.\par
You can go to God Most-High to hide.\par You can go to the God All-Powerful\par for protection.\par
We must make plans to stop the Israelites from growing stronger. If there is a war, the people of Israel might join our enemies. Then they might defeat us and escape from us.”
Your old sinful self has died, and your new life is kept with Christ in God.
None of the people of Israel could make things from iron. There weren’t any blacksmiths [121] in Israel. The Philistines did not teach the Israelites how to make things from iron because the Philistines were afraid the Israelites would make iron swords and spears.