See how your enemies are growling like dogs. See how they are rising up against you.

因为你的仇敌喧嚷，恨你的抬起头来。

因为你的仇敌喧嚷，恨你的抬起头来。

因为你的仇敌喧嚷，恨你的抬起头来。

看啊，你的敌人在喧嚷，恨你的人趾高气扬。

看哪！你的仇敌喧哗，恨你的人都抬起头来。

看哪，你的仇敌喧嚣，恨你的人抬起了头！

因為你的仇敵喧嚷，恨你的擡起頭來。

因為你的仇敵喧嚷，恨你的抬起頭來。

因為你的仇敵喧嚷，恨你的抬起頭來。

看啊，你的敵人在喧嚷，恨你的人趾高氣揚。

看哪！你的仇敵喧嘩，恨你的人都抬起頭來。

因為你的仇敵在喧嚷着呢；恨惡你的在昂首抬頭呢。

看哪，你的仇敵喧囂，恨你的人抬起了頭！

爾敵喧譁、憾爾者昂首兮、

爾敵譁然、逆爾之人、昂其首兮、

叛逆主之敵人喧譁、怨憾主者昂首、

蕩蕩造化主。誰能與比侔。祈主毋緘默。祈主毋長幽。

See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.

For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads.

Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?

See how your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have acted arrogantly.

For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves.

For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

See how Your enemies make an uproar; those who hate You have acted arrogantly.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

Those who hate me would bow down to me in fear. They would be punished forever.

Israel brought Midian under their control. Midian wasn’t able to attack Israel anymore. So the land was at peace for 40 years. The peace lasted as long as Gideon was living.

Long ago you spoke by the Holy Spirit. You spoke through the mouth of our father David, who served you. You said,“‘ Why are the nations angry? Why do the people make useless plans?The kings of the earth rise up. The rulers of the earth gather together against the Lord and against his anointed king.’( Psalm 2:1, 2)In fact, Herod and Pontius Pilate met with the Gentiles in this city. They also met with the people of Israel. All of them made plans against your holy servant Jesus. He is the one you anointed.

To the proud I say,‘ Don’t brag anymore.’ To sinners I say,‘ Don’t show off your power.Don’t show it off against me. Don’t talk back to me.’ ”

You roar against me and brag. And I have heard your bragging. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will put my bit in your mouth. And I will make you go home by the same way you came.” ’ ”

Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere. Instead, the crowd was starting to get angry. So he took water and washed his hands in front of them.“ I am not guilty of this man’s death,” he said.“ You are accountable for that!”

The crowd joined the attack against Paul and Silas. The judges ordered that Paul and Silas be stripped and beaten with rods.

Pay close attention to the shouts of your enemies. The trouble they cause never stops.

When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Soon people were making trouble in the whole city. They all rushed into the theater. They dragged Gaius and Aristarchus along with them. These two men had come with Paul from Macedonia.Paul wanted to appear in front of the crowd. But the believers wouldn’t let him.Some of the officials in Asia Minor were friends of Paul. They sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater.The crowd didn’t know what was going on. Some were shouting one thing and some another. Most of the people didn’t even know why they were there.The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front. They tried to tell him what to say. But he motioned for them to be quiet. He was about to give the people reasons for his actions.But then they realized that he was a Jew. So they all shouted the same thing for about two hours.“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” they yelled.The city clerk quieted the crowd down.“ People of Ephesus!” he said.“ The city of Ephesus guards the temple of the great Artemis. The whole world knows this. They know that Ephesus guards her statue, which fell from heaven.These facts can’t be questioned. So calm down. Don’t do anything foolish.These men haven’t robbed any temples. They haven’t said evil things against our female god. But you have brought them here anyhow.Demetrius and the other skilled workers may feel they have been wronged by someone. Let them bring charges. The courts are open. We have our governors.Is there anything else you want to bring up? Settle it in a court of law.As it is, we are in danger of being charged with a crime. We could be charged with causing all this trouble today. There is no reason for it. So we wouldn’t be able to explain what has happened.”After he said this, he sent the people away.

They will fight against you. But they will not win the battle over you. I am with you. I will save you,” announces the Lord.

Why do the nations plan evil together? Why do they make useless plans?The kings of the earth rise up against the Lord. The rulers of the earth join together against his anointed king.

But his heart became very stubborn and proud. So he was removed from his royal throne. His glory was stripped away from him.He was driven away from people. He was given the mind of an animal. He lived with the wild donkeys. He ate grass just as an ox does. His body became wet with the dew of heaven. He stayed that way until he recognized that the Most High God rules over all kingdoms on earth. He puts anyone he wants to in charge of them.“ But you knew all that, Belshazzar. After all, you are Nebuchadnezzar’s son. In spite of that, you are still proud.You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

The people arguing were getting out of control. The commanding officer was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them. So he ordered the soldiers to go down and take him away from them by force. The officer had told them to bring Paul into the fort.

You roar against me and brag. And I have heard your bragging. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will put my bit in your mouth. And I will make you go home by the same way you came.’ ” ’ ”

The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted,“ Kill him! He isn’t fit to live!”

How terrible it will be for the nations that attack us! The noise of their armies is like the sound of the ocean. How terrible it will be for the nations who fight against us! They are as loud as huge waves crashing on the shore.

Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice. They have lifted up their pounding waves.

But other Jews were jealous. So they rounded up some evil people from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd.

In the place where you used to meet with us, your enemies have shouted,“ We’ve won the battle!” They have set up their flags to show they have beaten us.

The whole city was stirred up. People came running from all directions. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Right away the temple gates were shut.

Who have you laughed at? Who have you spoken evil things against? Who have you raised your voice against? Who have you looked at so proudly? You have done it against me. I am the Holy One of Israel!