Thenthey would have swallowedus alive,When their angerwas kindledagainst us;
But he disdainedto layhandson Mordecaialone,for they had toldhim [who] the peopleof Mordecai[were]; therefore Hamansoughtto destroyallthe Jews,the peopleof Mordecai,who[were] throughout the wholekingdomof Ahasuerus.
When evildoerscameupon me to devourmy flesh,My adversariesand my enemies,they stumbledand fell.
Do not let them sayin their heart,"Aha,our desire!"Do not let them say,"We have swallowedhim up!"
He will sendfrom heavenand saveme; He reproacheshim who tramplesupon me. Selah.Godwill sendforth His lovingkindnessand His truth.
They saidin their heart,"Let us completelysubduethem." They have burnedallthe meetingplacesof Godin the land.
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
They have said,"Come,and let us wipethem out as a nation,That the nameof Israelbe rememberednomore."
For they have conspiredtogetherwith one mind;AgainstYou they makea covenant:
Let us swallowthem alivelike Sheol,Even whole,as those who godownto the pit;
"Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhas devouredme [and] crushedme, He has setme down[like] an emptyvessel;He has swallowedme like a monster,He has filledhis stomachwith my delicacies;He has washedme away.
ThenNebuchadnezzarwas filledwith wrath,and his facialexpressionwas alteredtowardShadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego.He answeredby givingordersto heatthe furnaceseventimesmorethanit was usuallyheated.
And the LORDappointeda greatfishto swallowJonah,and Jonahwas in the stomachof the fishthreedaysand threenights.
Thenwhen Herodsawthat he had been trickedby the magi,he became veryenraged,and sentand slewallthe male childrenwho were in Bethlehemand allits vicinity,from two years oldand under,accordingto the timewhichhe had determinedfrom the magi.
and askedfor lettersfrom him to the synagoguesat Damascus,sothat ifhe foundanybelongingto the Way,bothmenand women,he might bringthem boundto Jerusalem.
