"But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee."
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And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
\55:22\Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, But I will trust in you.
And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!