He who digsa pitmay fallinto it, and a serpentmay bitehim who breaksthrougha wall.
Now whenAhithophelsawthat his counselwas not followed,he saddled[his] donkeyand aroseand wentto his home,to his city,and sethis housein order,and strangledhimself; thus he diedand was buriedin the graveof his father.
And tenyoungmenwho carriedJoab'sarmorgatheredaroundand struckAbsalomand killedhim.
So they hangedHamanon the gallowswhichhe had preparedfor Mordecai,and the king'sangersubsided.
They have prepareda netfor my steps;My soulis boweddown;They duga pitbeforeme; They [themselves] have falleninto the midstof it. Selah.
The righteousnessof the uprightwill deliverthem, But the treacherouswill be caughtby [their own] greed.
He who digsa pitwill fallinto it, And he who rollsa stone,it will comebackon him.
He who quarriesstonesmay be hurtby them, and he who splitslogsmay be endangeredby them.
As whena manfleesfrom a lionAnd a bearmeetshim, Or goeshome,leanshis handagainstthe wallAnd a snakebiteshim.
"Thoughthey hideon the summitof Carmel,I will searchthem out and takethem from there;And thoughthey concealthemselves from My sighton the floorof the sea,From thereI will commandthe serpentand it will bitethem.
Then he wentto his father'shouseat Ophrahand killedhis brothersthe sonsof Jerubbaal,seventymen,on onestone.But Jothamthe youngestsonof Jerubbaalwas left,for he hidhimself.
