And he said, Why should I not run? And Joab said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Hushai.

And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and will come to [report] good news.

And the king said, [Is] the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz said, I saw a great multitude [at the time] of Joab's sending the king's servant and your servant, and I knew not what was there.

Behold, their two sons are with them, Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar; and by them you shall report to me every word which you shall hear.

And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stood by the Well of Rogel, and a maidservant went and reported to them, and they went to tell King David; so that they might not be seen entering into the city.

Arise, O Lord, in Your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of my enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which You did command.

The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] You shall direct the righteous, O God that searches the hearts and minds.

For You have maintained my cause and my right; You sat on the throne, that judges in righteousness.

The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. Pause.

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth. [In the Septuagint, Psalms 9 and 10 are combined, and the Psalm numbers differ from this point on. [The Apostles' Bible] follows the traditional Psalm divisions, to avoid confusion.]

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.