In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Psalm 11:2 - English Standard Version 2016 for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For see, the wicked are bending the bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they [furtively] in darkness may shoot at the upright in heart. American Standard Version (1901) For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart; Common English Bible because the wicked have already bent their bows; they’ve already strung their arrows; they are ready to secretly shoot those whose heart is right”? Catholic Public Domain Version Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men. |
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!
When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;
Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!
If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall now be my son-in-law.”
David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”