explained to me that there was a people, scattered throughout the whole world, that used strange laws, and, acting against the customs of all peoples, despised the commandments of kings and violated the harmony of all nations with their dissension.
Psalm 36:4 - Catholic Public Domain Version Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He plans wrongdoing on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject or despise evil. American Standard Version (1901) He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil. Common English Bible They plot evil even while resting in bed! They commit themselves to a path that is no good. They don’t reject what is evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart. English Standard Version 2016 He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil. |
explained to me that there was a people, scattered throughout the whole world, that used strange laws, and, acting against the customs of all peoples, despised the commandments of kings and violated the harmony of all nations with their dissension.
How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?
I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
God gazed down from heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
Likewise, these things are for the wise. It is not good to base judgment on knowledge of character.
For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.
I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts,
For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
Thus says the Lord: "Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: 'We will not walk.'
I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: 'What have I done?' They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
Hate evil and love good, and establish judgment at the gate. Perhaps then the Lord God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.
I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.
Then, when morning arrived, all the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.
And when daylight arrived, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves with an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
And these, though they had known the justice of God, did not understand that those who act in such a manner are deserving of death, and not only those who do these things, but also those who consent to what is done.
I know your works, and your hardship and patient endurance, and that you cannot stand those who are evil. And so, you have tested those who declare themselves to be Apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.
Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David's house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, saying, "Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,"