But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”