2 Samuel 17:1

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Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.

You, O Jehovah, are a protective shield over me. You are my glory. You hold my head high.

In peace I will both lie down and sleep. For you alone, O Jehovah, make my dwelling safe and secure.

Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.

I will wait at the river crossings in the wilderness until you send news.

I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but Jehovah helped me.