For their feetrunto evilAnd they hastento shedblood.
"Nowthen, comeand let us killhim and throwhim into oneof the pits;and we will say,'A wildbeastdevouredhim.' Then let us seewhatwill becomeof his dreams!"
Indeed,it is uselessto spreadthe [baited] netIn the sightof anybird;
The wordsof the wickedliein waitfor blood,But the mouthof the uprightwill deliverthem.
For they cannotsleepunlessthey doevil;And they are robbedof sleepunlessthey make [someone] stumble.
Haughtyeyes,a lyingtongue,And handsthat shedinnocentblood,
A heartthat deviseswickedplans,Feetthat runrapidlyto evil,
Their feetrunto evil,And they hastento shedinnocentblood;Their thoughtsare thoughtsof iniquity,Devastationand destructionare in their highways.
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.
