Ifthey say,"Comewith us, Let us liein waitfor blood,Let us ambushthe innocentwithoutcause;
He is likea lionthat is eagerto tear,And as a younglionlurkingin hidingplaces.
For withoutcausethey hidtheir netfor me; Withoutcausethey duga pitfor my soul.
They attack,they lurk,They watchmy steps,As they have waited[to take] my life.
For their feetrunto evilAnd they hastento shedblood.
But they liein waitfor their own blood;They ambushtheir own lives.
The wordsof the wickedliein waitfor blood,But the mouthof the uprightwill deliverthem.
Do not liein wait,O wickedman,against the dwellingof the righteous;Do not destroyhis restingplace;
He who is a partnerwith a thiefhateshis own life;He hearsthe oathbut tellsnothing.
There is a kindof [man] whose teethare [like] swordsAnd his jawteeth[like] knives,To devourthe afflictedfrom the earthAnd the needyfrom among men.
But I was like a gentlelambledto the slaughter;And I did not knowthat they had devisedplotsagainstme, [saying], "Let us destroythe treewith its fruit,And let us cuthim offfrom the landof the living,That his namebe rememberednomore."
For wickedmenare foundamong My people,They watchlike fowlerslyingin wait;They seta trap,They catchmen.
The godlypersonhas perishedfrom the land,And thereis noupright[person] among men.Allof them liein waitfor bloodshed;Eachof them huntsthe otherwith a net.
"But [they have done this] to fulfillthe wordthat is writtenin their Law,THEY HATEDME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
"Nowtherefore,you and the Councilnotifythe commanderto bring him downto you, as thoughyou were goingto determinehis caseby a more thorough investigation;and we for our part are readyto slayhim beforehe comes near[the place]."
requestinga concessionagainstPaul, that he might have him broughtto Jerusalem([at the same time], settingan ambushto killhim on the way).
