As for the head and chief of those about that compass me, Ev'n by the mischief of their lips let thou them cover'd be.
Psalm 64:8 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) So their own tongue shall them confound; all who them see shall fly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: All that see them shall flee away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they will be made to stumble, their own tongues turning against them; all who gaze upon them will shake their heads and flee away. American Standard Version (1901) So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head. Common English Bible The LORD will make them trip over their own tongues; everyone who sees them will just shake their heads. Catholic Public Domain Version You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves. The Gentiles shall be troubled, |
As for the head and chief of those about that compass me, Ev'n by the mischief of their lips let thou them cover'd be.
Cast forth thy lightning, scatter them; thine arrows shoot, them rout.
All that me see laugh me to scorn; shoot out the lip do they; They nod and shake their heads at me, and, mocking, thus do say,
I was a scorn to all my foes, and to my friends a fear; And specially reproach'd of those that were my neighbours near: When they me saw they from me fled.
For their mouth's sin, and for the words that from their lips do fly, Let them be taken in their pride; because they curse and lie.