Because he remembered not to do mercy, and he will pursue the poor and needy man to slay the dejected of heart.
Psalm 10:2 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 In the pride of the unjust he will burn the poor: they shall be taken in the devices that they purposed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked in pride and arrogance hotly pursue and persecute the poor; let them be taken in the schemes which they have devised. American Standard Version (1901) In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. Common English Bible Meanwhile, the wicked are proudly in hot pursuit of those who suffer. Let them get caught in the very same schemes they’ve thought up! Catholic Public Domain Version I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, "Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul, Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow? |
Because he remembered not to do mercy, and he will pursue the poor and needy man to slay the dejected of heart.
The proud devised falsehood against me: I will watch thy charges with all the heart.
The proud hid a snare for me, and cords; they spread a net at the hand of the way; they set snares for me. Silence.
The lips of falsehood shall be mute; speaking boldly in pride and contempt.
The foot of pride shall not come to me, and the hand of the unjust shall not move me.
The sin of their mouth the word of their lips, and they shall be taken in their pride: and from cursing and from falsehood they will recount.
His trouble shall turn back upon his head, and his violence shall come down upon his crown.
Now I knew that Jehovah is great above all gods; for in the word they acted proudly over them.
His iniquities shall take the unjust one, and with the cords of his sins shall he be held fast.
And thou saidst in thy heart, I will go up to the heavens; from above to the stars of God I will lift up my throne, and I will sit upon the mountain of appointment in the thighs of the north.
They seeing thee shall look upon thee, they shall attend to thee. This the man moving the earth, shaking kingdoms:
And Azariah son of Hoshaiah will say, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsehood: Jehovah our God sent thee not to say, Ye shall not go to Egypt to sojourn there: