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The wicked are stringing their bows
    and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
    at those whose hearts are right.

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Judgment for Disobedience

“My people bend their tongues like bows
    to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
    They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
    says the Lord.

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14 The wicked draw their swords
    and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
    to slaughter those who do right.

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12 For they will turn and run
    when they see your arrows aimed at them.

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They sharpen their tongues like swords
    and aim their bitter words like arrows.
They shoot from ambush at the innocent,
    attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
They encourage each other to do evil
    and plan how to set their traps in secret.
    “Who will ever notice?” they ask.

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The Plan to Kill Paul

12 The next morning a group of Jews[a] got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy. 14 They went to the leading priests and elders and told them, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”

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Footnotes

  1. 23:12 Greek the Jews.

plotting how to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

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When I am overwhelmed,
    you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
    my enemies have set traps for me.

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O Lord, do good to those who are good,
    whose hearts are in tune with you.

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11 Light shines on the godly,
    and joy on those whose hearts are right.

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15 Judgment will again be founded on justice,
    and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

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10 The godly will rejoice in the Lord
    and find shelter in him.
And those who do what is right
    will praise him.

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11 So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!
    Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

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They lurk in ambush in the villages,
    waiting to murder innocent people.
    They are always searching for helpless victims.
Like lions crouched in hiding,
    they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
    and drag them away in nets.

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The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
    Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.

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12 If a person does not repent,
    God[a] will sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:12 Hebrew he.

10 God is my shield,
    saving those whose hearts are true and right.

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But David learned of Saul’s plan and told Abiathar the priest to bring the ephod and ask the Lord what he should do.

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21 “Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said, “Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!”

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