David had said, "On that day {when we attack the Jebusites}, one must attack the lame and the blind, [those] who hate the soul of David, by [means of] the water supply." For thus the blind and the lame would say, "He cannot come into the house."

The counsel that Ahithophel gave in those days [was] regarded as when a man inquired of the word of God, so all the counsel of Ahithophel [was esteemed] both by David and by Absalom.

And he [is] also a {valiant warrior}, whose heart [is] like the heart of the lion. He will {certainly melt} with fear, for all Israel knows that your father [is] a mighty warrior and [those] who [are] with him [are] {valiant warriors}.

by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. Indeed, you have made clear this day that you have no [regard for your] commanders or officers, for I have realized today that [were] Absalom alive, and all of us were dead, then [that would] have been right in your eyes!

For there [was no one] in all the house of my father {who were not doomed to death} before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. Do I have any righteousness any longer except to cry out to the king?"

I call [upon] Yahweh who is praiseworthy, and I [am] saved from those who hate me.

He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hate me, for they [were] mightier than I.

I pursued those who hate me, and I destroyed them. I did not turn back until finishing them.

You have girded me with physical strength for the battle; you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.

{My enemies you cause to retreat from me}; I destroy those who hate me.

He brings me out from my enemies, and from those who rose up against me you lift me up, and from men of violence you rescue me.