Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward {is} with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in {his} goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.

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

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. {Destroy...: or, Make them guilty} {by...: or, from their counsels}

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities {deserve}, and hast given us {such} deliverance as this; {hast punished...: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities}

{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, {that} at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: {think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose}

Also unto thee, O Lord, {belongeth} mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their {blood} by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and {be} widows; and let their men be put to death; {let} their young men {be} slain by the sword in battle. {pour...: Heb. pour them out}

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is {the book} of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Woe unto the wicked! {it shall be} ill {with him}: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. {given...: Heb. done to him}

And I {am} this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah {be} too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. {weak: Heb. tender}

Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, {even} thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

All the paths of the LORD {are} mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, {yet} will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.