"Remember," he said, "the days of your lowliness, how you were nurtured as if in my hand, because Haman, who is second after the king, has spoken against us to death.
Psalm 140:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips and the very things they desire for me come upon them. American Standard Version (1901) As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Common English Bible Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. English Standard Version 2016 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! |
"Remember," he said, "the days of your lowliness, how you were nurtured as if in my hand, because Haman, who is second after the king, has spoken against us to death.
You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,
The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the just. But iniquity covers the mouth of the impious.
For the sins of the lips draw ruin to the evil. But the just shall escape from distress.
The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.
And the entire people responded by saying, "May his blood be upon us and upon our children."
But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: "Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things."