"They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?"
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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,
They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
\64:4\That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"
They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'