The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are hidden against the unfortunate ones.

He lies low and crouches, and the poor unfortunate ones have fallen by his might.

For I have heard the whisperings of many, terror is all around. Proclaim, they say, and we will report it. Everyone at peace with me is watching for me to stumble and fall, saying, Perhaps he will be lured away, and we shall prevail against him, and shall take our revenge on him.

So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.

lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, in order to accuse Him.

And it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they watched Him closely.

And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him,

and were unable to figure out anything to do; for all the people hung on to hear Him.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on one of His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.

But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.