Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I shall arise and pursue David tonight.

I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?

Thus My Heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.

For judgment will be without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Indeed, mercy rejoices over judgment.

The wicked in his pride persecutes the lowly; let them be caught in the plots that they have devised.

But You have seen it, for You pay attention to trouble and provocation; to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.

And they said to one another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.

How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

These ten times you have reproached me; you are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends! For the hand of God has struck me!

Why do you persecute me as the Mighty God does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

And they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: They divided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.

And they put up over His head the accusation written against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads

Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said,

He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, I am the Son of God.

Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

Jehovah is near to those of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

Reproach has broken My heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for someone to show pity, but there was no one; and for comforters, but I found none.

Let their table become a snare before them; and to those at peace, a trap.

Pour out Your indignation upon them, and let Your burning anger take hold of them.

For they have persecuted the ones whom You have stricken, and they talk to the grief of those You pierced.

Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous.

And David said to Abishai and all his servants, See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life; so, why not this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for thus Jehovah has commanded him.

It may be that Jehovah will look on my affliction, and that Jehovah will repay me with good for his cursing this day.

And He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.

And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.