For they do not speakpeace,But they devisedeceitfulwordsagainstthose whoare quietin the land.
For I have heardthe slanderof many,Terroris on everyside;While they tookcounseltogetheragainstme, They schemedto takeaway my life.
Those who seekmy lifelaysnares[for me]; And those who seekto injureme have threateneddestruction,And they devisetreacheryalldaylong.
Your tonguedevisesdestruction,Like a sharprazor,O workerof deceit.
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."
Thenthesemensaid,"We will not findanygroundof accusationagainst thisDanielunlesswe find[it] againsthim with regard to the lawof his God."
"HE WILL NOT QUARREL,NORCRYOUT; NORWILL ANYONEHEARHIS VOICEIN THE STREETS.
But when the Phariseesheard[this], they said,"This mancastsout demonsonlyby Beelzebulthe rulerof the demons."
and they plotted togetherto seizeJesusby stealthand killHim.
"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).
