For their feetrunto evilAnd they hastento shedblood.
Their feetrunto evil,And they hastento shedinnocentblood;Their thoughtsare thoughtsof iniquity,Devastationand destructionare in their highways.
A heartthat deviseswickedplans,Feetthat runrapidlyto evil,
For they cannotsleepunlessthey doevil;And they are robbedof sleepunlessthey make [someone] stumble.
But ifour unrighteousnessdemonstratesthe righteousnessof God,whatshall we say?The Godwho inflictswrathis not unrighteous,is He? (I am speakingin humanterms.)
Saultriedto pinDavidto the wallwith the spear,but he slippedawayout of Saul'spresence,so that he stuckthe spearinto the wall.And Davidfledand escapedthat night.
Indeed,it is uselessto spreadthe [baited] netIn the sightof anybird;
Haughtyeyes,a lyingtongue,And handsthat shedinnocentblood,
The wordsof the wickedliein waitfor blood,But the mouthof the uprightwill deliverthem.
"Nowthen, comeand let us killhim and throwhim into oneof the pits;and we will say,'A wildbeastdevouredhim.' Then let us seewhatwill becomeof his dreams!"
