Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.
Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness; cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’ ”
Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways.
Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.
When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.