Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, {and} to slay such as be of upright conversation. {such...: Heb. the upright of way}

Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in {the one of} the twain.

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Do good, O LORD, unto {those that be} good, and {to them that are} upright in their hearts.

My defence {is} of God, which saveth the upright in heart. {My...: Heb. My buckler is upon God}

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}

And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. {shall follow...: Heb. shall be after it}

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill {him}.

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. {under a curse: or, with an oath of execration}

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, {and} to slay such as be of upright conversation. {such...: Heb. the upright of way}

Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and {with} a certain orator {named} Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

In whose hands {is} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. {full...: Heb. filled with}

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.