Psalms 64:5 Cross References

Psalms 64:5

5: They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps. "Who will ever notice?" they ask.

The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way.

"The LORD isn't looking," they say, "and besides, the God of Israel doesn't care."

Yes, how terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn him into twice the son of hell as you yourselves are.

All the people who belong to this world will give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.

But you reply, `That's why God can't see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?

At that same time the leading priests and other leaders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,
to discuss how to capture Jesus secretly and put him to death.

Please come and curse them for me because they are so numerous. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on the people you bless. I also know that the people you curse are doomed."

"The enemy said, `I will chase them, catch up with them, and destroy them. I will divide the plunder, avenging myself against them. I will unsheath my sword; my power will destroy them.'

Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, `The LORD doesn't see us; he has deserted our land!'"

Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths, the piercing swords that fly from their lips. "Who can hurt us?" they sneer.

We escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap. The trap is broken, and we are free!

They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Let's ambush the innocent!
Let's swallow them alive as the grave swallows its victims. Though they are in the prime of life, they will go down into the pit of death.
And the loot we'll get! We'll fill our houses with all kinds of things!
Come on, throw in your lot with us; we'll split our loot with you."

But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. "We know where David is hiding," they said. "He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!"
"The LORD bless you," Saul said. "At last someone is concerned about me!
Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty.
Discover his hiding places, and come back with a more definite report. Then I'll go with you. And if he is in the area at all, I'll track him down, even if I have to search every hiding place in Judah!"

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