‘In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.

In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble.

I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.

and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

‘There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides across the heavens to help you
and on the clouds in his majesty.

“There is none like God, O Jeshurun,
who rides through the heavens to your help,
through the skies in his majesty.

Blessed are you, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the  Lord?
He is your shield and helper
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will tread on their heights.’

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the  Lord,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”

God does not restrain his anger;
even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.

“God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

When people are brought low and you say, “Lift them up!”
then he will save the downcast.

For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’;
but he saves the lowly.

By his power he churned up the sea;
by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.

By his power he stilled the sea;
by his understanding he shattered Rahab.

Proud beasts do not set foot on it,
and no lion prowls there.

The proud beasts have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.

to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,

that he may turn man aside from his deed
and conceal pride from a man;

He does not answer when people cry out
because of the arrogance of the wicked.

There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.

After that comes the sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.

After it his voice roars;
he thunders with his majestic voice,
and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard.

when I said, “This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt”?

and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?

Then adorn yourself with glory and splendour,
and clothe yourself in honour and majesty.

“Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

Its back has rows of shields
tightly sealed together;

His back is made of rows of shields,
shut up closely as with a seal.

It looks down on all that are haughty;
it is king over all that are proud.’

He sees everything that is high;
he is king over all the sons of pride.”

In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who are caught in the schemes he devises.

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Let their lying lips be silenced,
for with pride and contempt
they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

Let the lying lips be mute,
which speak insolently against the righteous
in pride and contempt.

Love the  Lord, all his faithful people!
The  Lord preserves those who are true to him,
but the proud he pays back in full.

Love the  Lord, all you his saints!
The  Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

May the foot of the proud not come against me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.

though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling.  Selah

He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.

He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves.  Selah

For the sins of their mouths,
for the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,

For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,

Proclaim the power of God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
whose power is in the heavens.

Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose power is in the skies.

Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.

Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them as a garment.

‘I will record Rahab and Babylon
among those who acknowledge me –
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush –
and will say, “This one was born in Zion.”’

Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush —
“This one was born there,” they say.

You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

You crushed Rahab like a carcass;
you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.

To fear the  Lord is to hate evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behaviour and perverse speech.

The fear of the  Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.

A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride,
but the lips of the wise protect them.

By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back
but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride brings a person low,
but the lowly in spirit gain honour.

One’s pride will bring him low,
but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Go into the rocks, hide in the ground
from the fearful presence of the  Lord
and the splendour of his majesty!

Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
from before the terror of the  Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.

People will flee to caves in the rocks
and to holes in the ground
from the fearful presence of the  Lord
and the splendour of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.

And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground
from before the terror of the  Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.

They will flee to caverns in the rocks
and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
and the splendour of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.

to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts of the cliffs,
from before the terror of the  Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to terrify the earth.

In that day the Branch of the  Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.

In that day the branch of the  Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

All the people will know it –
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria –
who say with pride
and arrogance of heart,

and all the people will know,
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:

I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath –
those who rejoice in my triumph.

I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.

I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,
the pride and glory of the Babylonians,
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.

And Babylon the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.

All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,
along with the noise of your harps;
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms cover you.

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
and worms are your covers.

We have heard of Moab’s pride –
how great is her arrogance! –
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.

We have heard of the pride of Moab—
how proud he is!—
of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;
in his idle boasting he is not right.

The  Lord Almighty planned it,
to bring down her pride in all her splendour
and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.

The  Lord of hosts has purposed it,
to defile the pompous pride of all glory
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.

They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west they acclaim the  Lord’s majesty.

They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
over the majesty of the  Lord they shout from the west.

They will stretch out their hands in it,
as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down their pride
despite the cleverness of their hands.

And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
but the  Lord will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill of his hands.

to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless.
Therefore I call her
Rahab the Do-Nothing.

Egypt’s help is worthless and empty;
therefore I have called her
“Rahab who sits still.”

Awake, awake, arm of the  Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.
Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
who pierced that monster through?

Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the  Lord;
awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
who pierced the dragon?

‘Although you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one travelling through,
I will make you the everlasting pride
and the joy of all generations.

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.

‘If you have raced with men on foot
and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble in safe country,
how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?

“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

‘This is what the  Lord says: “In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

“Thus says the  Lord: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

If you do not listen,
I will weep in secret
because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
overflowing with tears,
because the  Lord’s flock will be taken captive.

But if you will not listen,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the  Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

‘We have heard of Moab’s pride –
how great is her arrogance! –
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness of her heart.

We have heard of the pride of Moab—
he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.

‘Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pasture-land,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?’

Behold like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pasture-land,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?’

“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

They took pride in their beautiful jewellery
and used it to make their detestable idols.
They made it into vile images;
therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.

His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.

I will bring the most wicked of nations
to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

I will bring the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the strong, and their holy places shall be profaned.

‘“Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

You would not even mention your sister Sodom in the day of your pride,

Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

say to the people of Israel, “This is what the Sovereign  Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord  God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

‘“This is what the  Lord says:

‘“The allies of Egypt will fall
and her proud strength will fail.
From Migdol to Aswan
they will fall by the sword within her,
declares the Sovereign  Lord.

“Thus says the  Lord:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord  God.

Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes
when I break the yoke of Egypt;
there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
and her villages will go into captivity.

At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.