2 Samuel 17:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then said Ahithophel unto Absolom: I pray thee, let me choose for myself, twelve thousand men, and arise, and pursue David to–night;

³ But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
⁴ With my voice––unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.] ⁵ I, laid me down and slept,––I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!

⁸ In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.

² For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue; ³ And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause: ⁴ For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

¹⁶ For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.

¹⁶ For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief,––They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

⁷ Their feet, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood,––Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads; ⁸ The way of well–being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,––Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None, who treadeth therein, knoweth well––being.