He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

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

The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

Jehovah will not abandon him in his hand, nor allow him to be found guilty when he is judged.

And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and devise treachery all day long.

They stir up strife; they hide themselves; they watch my steps as they lie in wait for my soul.

And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind. All of them lie in wait for blood; each one hunts his brother with a net.

But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.

The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah and against His anointed, saying,

The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers themselves were gathered against the Lord and against His Christ.

For truly against Your holy Son Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this: if there is iniquity in my hands;

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; yea, let him trample down my life upon the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

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.

Moreover, my father, look! Indeed, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, recognize and consider that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. And yet you are hunting my soul to take it.

And he said to David: You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.

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

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