To the Chief Musician. A contemplation. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endures forever.
James 4:16 - Modern King James Version But now you boast in your presumptions. All such boasting is evil. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong. American Standard Version (1901) But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. Common English Bible But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil. Catholic Public Domain Version But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked. |
To the Chief Musician. A contemplation. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endures forever.
Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, he was strong in his wickedness.
A man boasting himself in a false gift is like clouds and wind, but no rain.
Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.
because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.