Psalms 119:85

Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

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

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves.

Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.

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

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

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

They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

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

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

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

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

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

The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

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

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

“Therefore don’t pray for this people. Don’t lift up a cry or prayer for them or make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.

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.

But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.

a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies and fight against us, and escape out of the land.”

because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”

“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn’t find you.

Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don’t call on Yahweh?

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Don’t let the foot of pride come against me. Don’t let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Ensure your servant’s well-being. Don’t let the proud oppress me.

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.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, “Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms,

Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.

then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, ‘You shall not go into Egypt to live there;’

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.