Those pursuing mischief draw near; they are far from Your Law.
And now send quickly and tell David, saying, Do not stay in the fords of the wilderness tonight. And, also, passing pass over, that there not be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people with him.
And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
For dogs have encircled Me; a band of doers of evil have hemmed Me in, piercing My hands and My feet.
When the evildoers, my enemies and my oppressors came upon me to eat my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Yea, you hate discipline and toss My words behind you.
Until when, ones of simplicity, will you love simplicity? And will scorning ones desire scorning for themselves? And will fools hate knowledge?
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; foolish ones despise wisdom and instruction.
He who turns aside his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is a disgusting thing.
We all of us roar like bears, and moaning we moan like doves. We look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
And justce is driven back; and righteousness stands far off; for truth stumbles in the plaza, and straightness is not able to enter.
And Jonathan the son of Saul rose up and went out to David, to the forest. And he made his hand strong in God,