O God, insolent people rise up against me; a violent gang is trying to kill me. You mean nothing to them.

神啊，骄傲的人起来攻击我，又有一党强横的人寻索我的命；他们没有将你放在眼中。

上帝啊，骄傲的人起来攻击我，又有一群强横的人寻索我的命；他们没有将你放在眼里。

神啊，骄傲的人起来攻击我，又有一群强横的人寻索我的命；他们没有将你放在眼里。

上帝啊，狂傲的人攻击我，一群凶残之徒要杀害我，他们藐视你。

神啊！骄傲的人起来攻击我，一群强暴的人寻索我的性命，他们不把你放在眼内。

神哪，傲慢的人起来攻击我，一伙强横的人寻索我的性命，他们不把你放在眼里！

神啊，驕傲的人起來攻擊我，又有一黨強橫的人尋索我的命；他們沒有將你放在眼中。

上帝啊，驕傲的人起來攻擊我，又有一羣強橫的人尋索我的命；他們沒有將你放在眼裏。

神啊，驕傲的人起來攻擊我，又有一羣強橫的人尋索我的命；他們沒有將你放在眼裏。

上帝啊，狂傲的人攻擊我，一群兇殘之徒要殺害我，他們藐視你。

神啊！驕傲的人起來攻擊我，一群強暴的人尋索我的性命，他們不把你放在眼內。

上帝啊，傲慢人起來攻擊我，一羣強橫可怖的人尋索我的命；他們不將你擺在面前。

神哪，傲慢的人起來攻擊我，一夥強橫的人尋索我的性命，他們不把你放在眼裡！

上帝歟、驕傲之輩、起而攻我、強暴之黨、索我之命、目中無爾兮、

上帝兮、驕矜之輩、起而叛余、強悍之黨、謀害我命、彼不敬畏爾兮。

天主歟、驕傲之人、群起攻擊我、強橫之黨類、欲索我命、彼皆目中無天主、

驕人悻悻。逞其狂傲。群逆結黨。恣其凶暴。目中無主。哀哉不肖。

Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me— they have no regard for you.

God, proud people are attacking me. A gang of mean people is trying to kill me. They don’t care about you.

O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.

God, arrogant people have attacked me; a gang of ruthless men intends to kill me. They do not let you guide them.

God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a gang of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them.

O God, the proud have risen against me, And a mob of violent men have sought my life, And have not set You before them.

O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

God, arrogant people have attacked me; a gang of ruthless men seeks my life. They have no regard for You.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent[ men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

For strangers are attacking me; violent people are trying to kill me. They care nothing for God. Interlude

These arrogant people who hate your instructions have dug deep pits to trap me.

Don’t let the proud trample me or the wicked push me around.

The wicked think,“ God isn’t watching us! He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”

Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him,“ What should I do next?”Ahithophel told him,“ Go and sleep with your father’s concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.”So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father’s concubines.Absalom followed Ahithophel’s advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.Now Ahithophel urged Absalom,“ Let me choose 12,000 men to start out after David tonight.

Why do the wicked get away with despising God? They think,“ God will never call us to account.”

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said,“ Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” For the Lord had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!

Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from your instructions.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying,‘ The Lord doesn’t see us; he has deserted our land!’”

At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him.He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.Then Absalom would say,“ You’ve really got a strong case here! It’s too bad the king doesn’t have anyone to hear it.I wish I were the judge. Then everyone could bring their cases to me for judgment, and I would give them justice!”When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn’t let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.After four years, Absalom said to the king,“ Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and fulfill a vow I made to him.For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the Lord in Hebron if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”“ All right,” the king told him.“ Go and fulfill your vow.” So Absalom went to Hebron.But while he was there, he sent secret messengers to all the tribes of Israel to stir up a rebellion against the king.“ As soon as you hear the ram’s horn,” his message read,“ you are to say,‘ Absalom has been crowned king in Hebron.’”He took 200 men from Jerusalem with him as guests, but they knew nothing of his intentions.While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David’s counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.

Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.Then they bound him, led him away, and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor.

“ In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.

The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.

The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude

Then he said to me,“ The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying,‘ The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has abandoned the land!’

Arrogant people smear me with lies, but in truth I obey your commandments with all my heart.