Happy {is} the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. {his...: Heb. filled his quiver with them} {speak...: or, subdue, or, destroy}

Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and {there is} none that can deliver out of thine hand. {Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge}

If his children be multiplied, {it is} for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me;

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? {sinners: or, debtors}

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending {it} in pieces, while {there is} none to deliver. {none...: Heb. not a deliverer}

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. {from...: Heb. from aside, etc}

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate {from their right}. {a bribe: or, a ransom}

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me;

Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}

{Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Wisdom {is} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Servants have ruled over us: {there is} none that doth deliver {us} out of their hand.

And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. {His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children}

Happy {is} the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. {his...: Heb. filled his quiver with them} {speak...: or, subdue, or, destroy}