Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law.
While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three columns, made a raid on the camels and carried them off, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”
I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your decrees.
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah
O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.”
As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the road to Shechem; they commit a monstrous crime.