How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall,(A) this tottering fence?

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How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

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who devise evil plans(A) in their hearts
    and stir up war(B) every day.

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Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

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“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(A) to the wicked?[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

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14 Jerusalem, wash(A) the evil from your heart and be saved.(B)
    How long(C) will you harbor wicked thoughts?

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14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

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22 “How long will you who are simple(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(B) knowledge?

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22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(A)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(B)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(C)

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12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

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11 Though they plot evil(A) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,(B) they cannot succeed.

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11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

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15 I trained(A) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(B) against me.

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15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

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13 this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,(A) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses(B) suddenly,(C) in an instant.
14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(D)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

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How long will you people turn my glory(A) into shame?(B)
    How long will you love delusions and seek false gods[a]?[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:2 Or seek lies
  2. Psalm 4:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

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28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you[a] refuse to keep my commands(A) and my instructions?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.

28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

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How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?

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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

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