Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Psalm 106:43 - Revised Standard Version Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes, and were brought low through their iniquity. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. American Standard Version (1901) Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity. Common English Bible God delivered them numerous times, but they were determined to rebel, and so they were brought down by their own sin. Catholic Public Domain Version Who is wise and will keep these things? And who will understand the mercies of the Lord? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who is wise, and will keep these things: and will understand the mercies of the Lord? |
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
they provoked the Lord to anger with their doings, and a plague broke out among them.
for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, oppressed you; and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
For they would come up with their cattle and their tents, coming like locusts for number; both they and their camels could not be counted; so that they wasted the land as they came in.
And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the people of Israel cried for help to the Lord.
Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;