Do not destroy me with the sinners; spare me from the fate of murderers---

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.

Reuben said, "I told you not to harm the boy, but you wouldn't listen. And now we are being paid back for his death."

When David heard the news, he said, "The LORD knows that my subjects and I are completely innocent of the murder of Abner.

He wrote: "Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed."

The enemy troops came out of the city and fought Joab's forces; some of David's officers were killed, and so was Uriah.

Why, then, have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his wife!

During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the LORD about it, and the LORD said, "Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death."

If I announce that an evil person is going to die but you do not warn him to change his ways so that he can save his life, then he will die, still a sinner, and I will hold you responsible for his death.

They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.

When they opposed him and said evil things about him, he protested by shaking the dust from his clothes and saying to them, "If you are lost, you yourselves must take the blame for it! I am not responsible. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

So I solemnly declare to you this very day: if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible.

Help me now, O Lord my savior!

Our God is a God who saves; he is the LORD, our Lord, who rescues us from death.

LORD God, my savior, I cry out all day, and at night I come before you.

God is my savior; I will trust him and not be afraid. The LORD gives me power and strength; he is my savior.

But Israel is saved by the LORD, and her victory lasts forever; her people will never be disgraced.' "

I will still be joyful and glad, because the LORD God is my savior.

Then I will proclaim your righteousness, and I will praise you all day long.

I will tell of your goodness; all day long I will speak of your salvation, though it is more than I can understand.

You have taught me ever since I was young, and I still tell of your wonderful acts.

Your righteousness, God, reaches the skies. You have done great things; there is no one like you.

You will make me greater than ever; you will comfort me again.

I will shout for joy as I play for you; with my whole being I will sing because you have saved me.

I will praise you with all my heart, O Lord my God; I will proclaim your greatness forever.

How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

Even after everything that has happened to us in punishment for our sins and wrongs, we know that you, our God, have punished us less than we deserve and have allowed us to survive.

You have done right to punish us; you have been faithful, even though we have sinned.

You, Lord, always do what is right, but we have always brought disgrace on ourselves. This is true of all of us who live in Judea and in Jerusalem and of all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far because they were unfaithful to you.

You have defended us in the past, so do not be angry with Jerusalem any longer. It is your city, your sacred hill. All the people in the neighboring countries look down on Jerusalem and on your people because of our sins and the evil our ancestors did.

They have not known the way in which God puts people right with himself, and instead, they have tried to set up their own way; and so they did not submit themselves to God's way of putting people right.