He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Psalm 59:7 - English Standard Version 2016 There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us? American Standard Version (1901) Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, say they, doth hear? Common English Bible See what they belch out with their mouths: swords are between their lips! Who can listen to them? Catholic Public Domain Version Save me with your right hand, and hear me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Save me with thy right hand, and hear me. |
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
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.
And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
“Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.
The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.