They think in their heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Psalm 59:7 - New Revised Standard Version There they are, bellowing with their mouths, with sharp words on 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. |
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Why do the wicked renounce God, and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
with speech smoother than butter, but with a heart set on war; with words that were softer than oil, but in fact were drawn swords.
I lie down among lions that greedily devour human prey; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil.
Have you not observed how these people say, “The two families that the Lord chose have been rejected by him,” and how they hold my people in such contempt that they no longer regard them as a nation?
The whispers and murmurs of my assailants are against me all day long.
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.