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For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.

They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

…who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

…who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,

He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

…but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.

Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

…let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

…then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

…at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

…until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”

The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

…who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

…roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

…roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.

Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

…who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.

They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.

“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.