² See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

³ Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

¹⁴ The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

¹² Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

¹⁰ God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

¹² And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

¹³ And more than forty of them took this oath.

¹⁴ And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death

¹⁵ So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

⁴ And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.

³ When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

¹¹ Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

¹⁵ But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

¹⁰ The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

³ Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

⁴ So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

⁵ They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

¹¹ Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

⁸ He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

⁹ He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

² The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

¹² If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

⁹ And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.

²¹ And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a cause of danger to him, and so that the hands of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David, Today you are to become my son-in-law for the second time.