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}

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}

For I have heard the slander of many: fear {was} on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

And the LORD hath given me knowledge {of it}, and I know {it}: then thou shewedst me their doings.

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, {even} the son of Tabeal: {vex: or, waken}

Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. {people and: or, people, yet}

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. {was: or, had been}

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from {being} a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found {him}, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these {are} the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

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

And when they had brought them, they set {them} before the council: and the high priest asked them,

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform {their} enterprise. {their enterprise: or, any thing}

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall {shall ye be, and as} a tottering fence.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Which imagine mischiefs in {their} heart; continually are they gathered together {for} war.

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.