asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

For they intended evil against You; they devised a plot which they were not able to accomplish.

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.

If they say, Walk with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause,

let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the Pit,

for their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed blood.

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause someone to fall.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

destruction and misery are in their ways;