Those who persecute me with evil purpose draw near; they are far from your law.
Therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over; otherwise the king and all the people who are with him will be swallowed up.’ ”
They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.
For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me. My hands and feet have shriveled;
When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh— my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall.
For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
When one will not listen to the law, even one's prayers are an abomination.
We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
Saul's son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.