He croucheth and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
He crushes [his prey] and crouches; And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.
[The prey] is crushed, sinks down; and the helpless falls by his mighty [claws].
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
So he is oppressed and beaten down; helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.
So he is oppressed and beaten down; helpless people fall because of the wicked one’s strength.
Their helpless victims are crushed; they collapse, falling prey to the strength of the wicked.
Yes, he stoops, crouches down low; and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.
They crouch down and wait to grab a victim.
He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
Again and again they hurt people who are already weak and suffering.
He stamps on the people that he catches, and he knocks them down to the ground. The weak person falls down, because the wicked person is too strong.
The helpless are crushed. They sink down. They fall under his strength.
The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
The poor are crushed and thrown down; they ·are defeated [L fall] ·because the others are stronger [L by their might].
He croucheth and boweth; therefore heaps of the poor do fall by his might.
⌞His⌟ victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under ⌞the weight of⌟ his power.
The helpless victims lie crushed; brute strength has defeated them.
So he is oppressed and beaten down; the helpless fall because of his strength.
The poor are thrown down and crushed. They are defeated because the others are stronger.
The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless fall by their might.
He crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
He is crushed; he is bowed down; so the helpless host falls by his might.
The unfortunate are overwhelmed by their superior strength and fall beneath their blows.
The hapless fool is kicked to the ground, the unlucky victim is brutally axed. He thinks God has dumped him, he’s sure that God is indifferent to his plight.
He crouches; he lies low, so that the unfortunate fall by his strength.
His victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under the weight of his power.
The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked,
Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers; And unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.
He crouches and lies low, and the poor are overwhelmed by his might.
The poor are thrown down and crushed; they are defeated because the others are stronger.
His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
Those they have attacked are beaten up. They fall to the ground. They fall because their attackers are too strong for them.
His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.
So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength.
The weak are hurt and they fall. They cannot stand under his strength.
Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
They stoop, they crouch, and the helpless fall by their might.
He crouches, and stoops, that the poor may fall by his atzum (might).
He crouches and bows. Therefore, heaps of the poor fall by his might.
The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
The hapless is crushed, sinks down, and falls by his might.
The victim is crushed, brought down, and falls into his mighty claws.
Quietly crouching, lying low, ready to overwhelm the next by his strength,
The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
he shall bow himself down, and he shall fall, when he hath been lord of poor men. (yea, that good man shall fall down, and so the poor shall be brought down by his brute strength.)
He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.
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