They have encompassed us in our steps, they keep watch with their eyes, lying down on the ground,

Many bulls have encircled Me; strong bulls of Bashan have surrounded Me.

They have encompassed me like water all day long; they have engulfed me altogether.

Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: Get out! Get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!

Jehovah has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Jehovah has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a man of blood!

Ephraim circles around Me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful with the saints.

For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug for my soul.

For they do not speak peace; but they devise deceitful things against the quiet ones of the earth.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

They run and prepare themselves though there is no fault in me. Awake to meet me, and pay attention!

They who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies who would destroy me are mighty. I am made to bring back what I did not take away.

Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.

For he took his soul in his own hands and killed the Philistine, and Jehovah brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

Moreover, that the Word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated Me without a cause.