and God shall be exalted, their wounds were [caused by] the weapon of the foolish children,

Surely You have appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings; You have cast them down when they were lifted up.

As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in Your city You will despise their image.

A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man, for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, just as labor pains upon the woman that is pregnant, and they shall by no means escape.

He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul; they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it [themselves]. Pause.

Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.

Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.

Iniquities ensnare a man, and everyone is bound in the chains of his own sins.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And the Philistines press closely on Saul and his sons, and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

And Saul said to his armorbearer, Draw your sword and pierce me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through, and mock me. But his armorbearer would not, for he feared greatly: so Saul took his sword and fell upon it.

And I will come upon him when he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king alone.

And the saying [was] right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with you. And Joab took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.

And ten young men that bore Joab's armor surrounded Absalom, and struck him, and killed him.

So Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai; and then the king's wrath was appeased.

Then Judas, the [one] betraying Him, seeing that He was condemned, feeling regret, returned the thirty silver [coins] to the chief priests and elders,

And throwing the silver [coins] in the sanctuary, he departed; and going away, he hanged himself.