Merciless people make plots against good people and snarl like animals,
Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.
Worthless people make fun and never stop laughing.
I hear the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid!” They are plotting and scheming to murder me.
and from then on he started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus.
They secretly planned to have Jesus arrested and put to death.
He will gain strength, but not on his own, and he will cause terrible destruction. He will wipe out powerful leaders and God's people as well.
And when he found out that Mordecai was a Jew, he knew that killing only Mordecai was not enough. Every Jew in the whole kingdom had to be killed.
and he thought, “I'll tell David he can marry Michal, but I'll set it up so that the Philistines will kill him.” He told David, “I'm going to give you a second chance to marry one of my daughters.”
The wicked try to trap and kill good people,
Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.
Haman was furious to learn that Mordecai refused to kneel down and honour him.
But none of this makes me happy, as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the palace gate.”
The LORD saves the lives of his servants. Run to him for protection, and you won't be punished.