¹⁸ And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

¹⁴ Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵ He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁶ Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

²³ But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. `A Psalm' of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.

²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

²³ He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, And bread `eaten' in secret is pleasant.

¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

¹⁷ A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

⁴ saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou `to it'.

⁵ And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.