Psalm 17:14 {16:14}
Good News Translation
save me from those who in this life have all they want. Punish them with the sufferings you have stored up for them; may there be enough for their children and some left over for their children's children!

New Revised Standard Version
from mortals—by your hand, O LORD— from mortals whose portion in life is in this world. May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their little ones.

Contemporary English Version
Use your powerful arm and rescue me from the hands of mere humans whose world won't last. You provide food for those you love. Their children have plenty, and their grandchildren will have more than enough.

New American Bible
Slay them with your sword; with your hand, LORD, slay them; snatch them from the world in their prime. Their bellies are being filled with your friends; their children are satisfied too, for they share what is left with their young.

Douay-Rheims Bible
From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

which are.

Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

John 8:23 And he said to them: You are from beneath: I am from above. You are of this world: I am not of this world.

John 15:19 If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

John 17:14 I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them: because they are not of the world, as I also am not of the world.

1 John 4:4,5 You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. . . .

portion

Psalm 49:17-19 For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him. . . .

Psalm 73:12 Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches.

Luke 12:19-21 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. . . .

Luke 16:25 And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.

James 5:5 You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.

belly

Job 12:6,9 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands: . . .

Job 21:7-15 Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? . . .

Job 22:18 Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

hid

Proverbs 2:4 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God:

Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

they are full.

Psalm 39:6 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

Job 21:21 For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

Job 27:14-17 If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread. . . .

Luke 16:27,28 And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, . . .

Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword 14From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.15But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.…
Cross References
Luke 16:25
And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.

Job 21:8
Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.

Psalm 17:7
Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee.

Psalm 49:6
They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

Psalm 49:17
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.

Psalm 73:3
Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

Isaiah 26:18
We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

Psalm 17:13
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