The Message Bible MSG
New International Version NIV
15 They're trapped, those godless countries, in the very snares they set, Their feet all tangled in the net they spread.
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The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 They have no excuse; the way God works is well-known. The cunning machinery made by the wicked has maimed their own hands.
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The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
17 The wicked bought a one-way ticket to hell.
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The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
18 No longer will the poor be nameless - no more humiliation for the humble.
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But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.
19 Up, God! Aren't you fed up with their empty strutting? Expose these grand pretensions!
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Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.
20 Shake them up, God! Show them how silly they look.
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Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only mortal.
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