Psalms 109:3

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

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

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

Don’t let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don’t let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the counsel of Ahithophel both was like this with David and with Absalom.

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.

Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!

Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?

Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.