36 As for those among you who are left, I will also bring (A)despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a scattered leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee [a]as though from the sword, and they will fall. 37 (B)They will then stumble over each other as if running from the sword, although no one is pursuing; and you will have no strength to stand before your enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:36 Lit the flight of the sword

36 “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf(A) will put them to flight.(B) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.(C) 37 They will stumble over one another(D) as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.(E)

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They were in great [a]fear there, (A)where no [b]fear had been;
For God (B)scattered the bones of [c]him who encamped against you;
You (C)put them to shame, because (D)God had rejected them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53:5 Or dread
  2. Psalm 53:5 Or dread
  3. Psalm 53:5 Or possibly those

But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.(A)
God scattered the bones(B) of those who attacked you;(C)
    you put them to shame,(D) for God despised them.(E)

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Warnings and Instructions

28 The wicked (A)flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are [a]bold as a lion.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:1 Lit confident

28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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