Thoughthey intendedevilagainstYou [And] deviseda plot,They will not succeed.
In pridethe wickedhotlypursuethe afflicted;Let them be caughtin the plotswhichthey have devised.
Let his posteritybe cutoff;In a followinggenerationlet their namebe blottedout.
Whyare the nationsin an uproarAnd the peoplesdevisinga vainthing?
For I have heardthe slanderof many,Terroris on everyside;While they tookcounseltogetheragainstme, They schemedto takeaway my life.
For they do not speakpeace,But they devisedeceitfulwordsagainstthose whoare quietin the land.
They have said,"Come,and let us wipethem out as a nation,That the nameof Israelbe rememberednomore."
He saidto me, "Sonof man,theseare the menwho deviseiniquityand giveeviladvicein thiscity,
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 he sentthem to Bethlehemand said,"Goand searchcarefullyfor the Child;and whenyou have found[Him], reportto me, sothat I toomay comeand worshipHim."
When they soughtto seizeHim, they fearedthe people,becausethey consideredHim to be a prophet.
