The wicked in his loftiness doth persecute the poor: In these devices they have fram'd let them be taken sure.
Psalm 58:9 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) He shall them take away before your pots the thorns can find, Both living, and in fury great, as with a stormy wind. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Before your pots can feel the thorns [that are placed under them for fuel], He will take them away as with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike. American Standard Version (1901) Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. Common English Bible Before your pots feel the thorns, whether green or burned up, God will sweep them away! Catholic Public Domain Version And you, O Lord, will laugh at them. You will lead all the Gentiles to nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing. |
The wicked in his loftiness doth persecute the poor: In these devices they have fram'd let them be taken sure.
His ways they always grievous are; thy judgments from his sight Removed are: at all his foes he puffeth with despight.
Like bees they compass'd me about; like unto thorns that flame They quenched are: for them shall I destroy in God's own name.
But thou, O Lord my God, those men in justice shalt o'erthrow, And in destruction's dungeon dark at last shalt lay them low: The bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days: But upon thee with confidence I will depend always.