He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(A)

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48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

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Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.

While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)

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10 They will be entangled among thorns(A)
    and drunk(B) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!(A)
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”(B)

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You said, ‘I am forever(A)
    the eternal queen!’(B)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect(C) on what might happen.(D)

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When I felt secure, I said,
    “I will never be shaken.”(A)

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who lends money to the poor without interest;(A)
    who does not accept a bribe(B) against the innocent.

Whoever does these things
    will never be shaken.(C)

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Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

In the Lord I take refuge.(A)
    How then can you say to me:
    “Flee(B) like a bird to your mountain.(C)

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