For their foul curses and lies,13 devour them with Your wrath, eat them up, leave no one alive.Then people will surely know that the one True God rules over Jacob, even to the far ends of the earth. [pause]14 Treacherous souls return to the city in the evening; they prowl about, ...
("imprecatory") is based on a misconstrual of one of the speech functions found in the prayers. What are actually appeals to the heavenly Judge for judicial redress (function 8 noted above) are taken to be curses ("imprecation" means "curse") pronounced by the psalmists on their ...
19 Let those curses wrap around him like a cloak on a cold night, like a belt tightly knotted around him every day.20 Let the Eternal so reward my accusers, all those who speak and plot evil against me.21 But You, my Master, the Eternal, treat me with kindness for the sake of ...
Book 2 (Psalms 42-72) Psalm 42 - For the music director, a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for
22 [a]“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 [b] If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, 3 but if the sun h...
For the curses and lies they speak,14 put an end to them in your wrath; put an end to them until they are no more.Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God is the ruler over Jacob.[gh] Selah15 [gi]They return each evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl ...
For the curses and lies they speak,14 put an end to them in your wrath; put an end to them until they are no more.Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God is the ruler over Jacob.[gh] Selah15 [gi]They return each evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl ...
13 For the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride.For the curses and lies they speak,14 put an end to them in your wrath; put an end to them until they are no more.Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God is the...