Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.
But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, {\i saying}, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
They also that seek after my life lay snares {\i for me};\par\tab And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,\par\tab And meditate deceits all the day long.
For I have heard the defaming of many,\par\tab Terror on every side:\par\tab While they took counsel together against me\par\tab They devised to take away my life.