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15 Let death come upon them;
    let them go down alive to Sheol,
    for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.(A)

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13     consume them in wrath;
    consume them until they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob. Selah(A)

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18 (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.(A) 19 This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) 20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms,

‘Let his house become desolate,
    and let there be no one to live in it’;

and

‘Let another take his position of overseer.’(B)

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They say,[a] “Appoint a wicked man against him;
    let an accuser stand on his right.(A)
When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
    let his prayer be counted as sin.(B)
May his days be few;
    may another seize his position.(C)
May his children be orphans
    and his wife a widow.(D)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of[b] the ruins they inhabit.
11 May the creditor seize all that he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.(E)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
    nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.(F)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
    may his name be blotted out in the second generation.(G)
14 May the iniquity of his father[c] be remembered before the Lord,
    and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.(H)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
    and may his[d] memory be cut off from the earth.(I)
16 For he did not remember to show kindness
    but pursued the poor and needy
    and the brokenhearted to their death.(J)
17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
    He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(K)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it soak into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones.(L)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
    like a belt that he wears every day.”

20 May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life.(M)

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  1. 109.6 Heb lacks They say
  2. 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek
  3. 109.14 Cn: Heb fathers
  4. 109.15 Gk: Heb their

But God will shoot his arrow at them;
    they will be wounded suddenly.

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25 to take the place[a] in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

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  1. 1.25 Other ancient authorities read the share

Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.(A)

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24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.”

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17 The wicked shall depart to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.(A)

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14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.(A)

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Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging[a] between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.(A)

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  1. 18.9 Gk Syr Tg: Heb was put

22 Let their table be a trap for them,
    a snare for their allies.(A)
23 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
    and make their loins tremble continually.(B)
24 Pour out your indignation upon them,
    and let your burning anger overtake them.(C)
25 May their camp be a desolation;
    let no one live in their tents.(D)
26 For they persecute those whom you have struck down,
    and those whom you have wounded they attack still more.[a](E)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
    may they have no acquittal from you.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
    let them not be enrolled among the righteous.(F)

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  1. 69.26 Gk Syr: Heb recount the pain of

30 But if the Lord creates something new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”(A)

31 As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them was split apart.(B) 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households—everyone who belonged to Korah and all their goods.(C) 33 So they with all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 All Israel around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth will swallow us, too!”

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.(A)

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