4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;

they never call on the Lord.

5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,

for God is present in the company of the righteous.

6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,

but the Lord is their refuge.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And call not upon the Lord.

5 There were they in great fear:

For God is in the generation of the righteous.

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor,

Because the Lord is his refuge.

4 Will those who do evil never learn?

They eat up my people like bread

and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

5 Terror will grip them,

for God is with those who obey him.

6 The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,

but the Lord will protect his people.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And do not call on the Lord?

5 There they are in great fear,

For God is with the generation of the righteous.

6 You shame the counsel of the poor,

But the Lord is his refuge.

4 Don’t the wicked understand?

They destroy my people as if they were eating bread.

They do not ask the Lord for help.

5 But the wicked are filled with terror,

because God is with those who do what is right.

6 The wicked upset the plans of the poor,

but the Lord will protect them.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And call not upon Jehovah?

5 There were they in great fear;

For God is in the generation of the righteous.

6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor,

Because Jehovah is his refuge.

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah. 5 There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah was his refuge.

4 Are all those troublemakers, 

those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, 

so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord? 

5 There they are—panic-stricken 

because God is with the person who is righteous. 

6 They put the advice of oppressed people to shame 

because the Lord is their refuge. 

4 Will evildoers never understand?

They consume My people as they consume bread;

they do not call on the Lord.

5 Then they will be filled with terror,

for God is with those who are righteous.

6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the afflicted,

but the Lord is his refuge.

4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers

who eat up my people as they eat bread,

and do not call upon the Lord?

5 There they shall be in great terror,

for God is with the company of the righteous.

6 You would confound the plans of the poor,

but the Lord is their refuge.

4 All who do evil—do they not know,

they who eat my people as though they were eating bread?

They do not call on Yahweh.

5 There they are very fearful

because God is with the generation of the righteous.

6 You would put to shame the plan of the poor,

because Yahweh is his refuge.

4 Won’t those who do evil ever learn?

They eat up my people as if they were eating bread.

They don’t call out to the Lord for help.

5 Just look at them! They are filled with terror

because God is among those who do right.

6 You who do evil make it hard for poor people to do what they plan to do.

But the Lord is their place of safety.

4 Do all the workers of wickedness not know,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And do not call upon the Lord?

5 There they are in great dread,

For God is with the righteous generation.

6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,

But the Lord is his refuge.