asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.

If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down [to] the pit,

For their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.

Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Ruin and misery [are] in their ways.