They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psalm 4:2 - English Standard Version 2016 O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O you sons of men, how long will you turn my honor and glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and futility and seek after lies? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! American Standard Version (1901) O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah Common English Bible How long, you people, will my reputation be insulted? How long will you continue to love what is worthless and go after lies? Selah Catholic Public Domain Version When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my prayer. |
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall exult, for the mouths of liars will be stopped.
May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.
But Israel is saved by the Lord with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
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.
The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.
so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.