Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;(A)
they do not call on the Lord.(B)

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Do all these evildoers know nothing?(A)

They devour my people(B) as though eating bread;
    they never call on the Lord.(C)

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When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,(A)
my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.(B)

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When the wicked advance against me
    to devour[a] me,
it is my enemies and my foes
    who will stumble and fall.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:2 Or slander

The[a] princes within her are roaring lions;(A)
her judges are wolves of the night,(B)
which leave nothing for[b] the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:3 Lit Her
  2. Zephaniah 3:3 Or that had nothing to gnaw in

Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;(A)
her rulers are evening wolves,(B)
    who leave nothing for the morning.(C)

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