asking for favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem--while planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

For they intended evil against You; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.

The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.

If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:

and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:

[This translation omits this verse.]

For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.

And their feet run to wickedness, [and are] swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;

"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Ruin and misery are in their ways;