So the Lord sent a disease against Israel. It began in the morning and continued until the chosen time {to stop}. From Dan to Beersheba [160] 70,000 people died.
Psalm 91:3 - Easy To Read Version God will save you from hidden dangers\par and dangerous diseases.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. American Standard Version (1901) For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. Common English Bible God will save you from the hunter’s trap and from deadly sickness. Catholic Public Domain Version to announce your mercy in the morning, and your truth throughout the night, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To shew forth thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth in the night: |
So the Lord sent a disease against Israel. It began in the morning and continued until the chosen time {to stop}. From Dan to Beersheba [160] 70,000 people died.
“The land might become very dry and no food will grow on it. Or maybe a great sickness will spread among the people. Maybe all of the food that is growing will be destroyed by insects. Or your people might be attacked in some of their cities by their enemies. Or many of your people might become sick.
We are like a bird that was\par trapped in a net,\par and then escaped.\par The net broke, and we escaped!\par
Bad people set traps for me.\par Don’t let me fall into their traps.\par Don’t let them trap me.\par
God will show that he defeated his enemies.\par God will punish the people who\par fought against him. {\cf2\super [397]} \par
You will not be afraid of diseases\par that come in the dark,\par or terrible sicknesses that come at noon.\par
Escape from that trap like a deer running from a hunter. Free yourself like a bird flying out of a trap.
with a hunter ready to put an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net. He didn’t know the danger he was in.
A person never knows what will happen to him next. He is like a fish caught in a net—the fish does not know what will happen. He is like a bird caught in a trap—the bird does not know what will happen. In the same way, a person is trapped by the bad things that suddenly happen to him.
God and the prophet are like guards watching over Ephraim. {\cf2\super [90]} But there are many traps along the way. And people hate the prophet, even in the house of his God.
A bird will not fly into a trap on the ground if there is no food in the trap. And if the trap closes, then it will catch the bird.
People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.
The devil has trapped those people and makes them do what he wants. But maybe they can wake up \{and see that the devil is using them\} and free themselves from the devil’s trap.