23 But you, O God, (A)will cast them down
    into (B)the pit of destruction;
men of (C)blood and treachery
    shall not (D)live out half their days.
But I will (E)trust in you.

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27 (A)The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
    (B)but the years of the wicked will be short.

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You destroy those who speak (A)lies;
    the Lord abhors (B)the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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32 It will be paid in full (A)before his time,
    and his branch will not be green.

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17 (A)Behold, it was for my welfare
    that I had great bitterness;
(B)but in love you have delivered my life
    from the pit of destruction,
(C)for you have cast all my sins
    behind your back.

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17 Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. (A)Why should you die before your time?

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18 Truly you set them in (A)slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.

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15 He makes (A)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (B)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

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saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? (A)See to it yourself.” And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, (B)he departed, and he went and hanged himself.

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20 (A)Sheol and Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
    and (C)never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
    how much more (A)the hearts of the children of man!

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12 For (A)the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
    let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13     (B)consume them in wrath;
    consume them till they are no more,
that they may (C)know that God rules over Jacob
    to (D)the ends of the earth. Selah

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Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of (A)thorns,
    whether green or ablaze, may he (B)sweep them away![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

O my God, in you I (A)trust;
    (B)let me not be put to shame;
    (C)let not my enemies exult over me.

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“Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, (B)Abner the son of Ner, (C)and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[a] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[b] on the belt around his[c] waist and on the sandals on his feet. Act therefore (D)according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint; Hebrew placing
  2. 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint innocent blood
  3. 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint my; twice in this verse

And Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand (A)to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. (B)So Joab struck him with it (C)in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died.

Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

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27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, (A)and there he struck him (B)in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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