Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: Yahweh shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our Elah hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Destroy thou them, O Elohim; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Thus saith the Sovereign Yahweh; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of Yahweh: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.