“יהוה has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Sha’ul, in whose place you have reigned. And יהוה has given the reign into the hand of Aḇ
And Dawiḏ
in order that the violence done to the seventy sons of Yerubbaʽ
“Because they have shed the blood of set-apart ones and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For they deserve it.”
Till when, O you sons of men, Would you turn my esteem to shame, Would you love emptiness, seek falsehood? Selah.
Many are saying of me, “There is no deliverance for him in Elohim.” Selah.
and gave them into the hands of the Giḇ
But Aḇ
And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ
Because of the noise of the enemy, Because of the outcry of the wrong; For they bring down wickedness upon me, And in wrath they hate me.
and said to the sovereign, “Do not let my master reckon crookedness to me, neither remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my master the sovereign left Yerushalayim, that the sovereign should take it to heart.
“And see, with you is Shimʽ
If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,
As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.