¹⁵ “Their feet are swift to shed blood;^(A)

¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.^(A)

¹¹ If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
    let us wantonly ambush the innocent;^(A)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
    and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.^(B)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
    we shall fill our houses with spoil.
¹⁴ Throw in your lot among us;
    we will all have one purse”—
¹⁵ my child, do not walk in their way;
    keep your foot from their paths,^(C)
16 for their feet run to evil,
    and they hurry to shed blood.^(D)

⁴ They plot mischief while on their beds;
    they are set on a way that is not good;
    they do not reject evil.^(A)

¹⁴ The murderer rises at dusk
    to kill the poor and needy
    and in the night is like a thief.^(A)
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
    and he disguises his face.^(B)
16 In the dark they dig through houses;
    by day they shut themselves up;
    they do not know the light.^(C)
17 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
    for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.^(D)