and snatched us away from our enemies, for his loyal love endures,

Because ¹  they hated moral knowledge, ²  and did not choose to fear the Lord, ³ 

Go to the ant, you sluggard; ¹  observe its ways and be wise!

What the sluggard desires ¹  will kill him, ²  for his hands ³  refuse to work.

A foolish scheme ¹  is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people. ² 

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. ¹ 

Faithful ¹  are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses ²  of an enemy are excessive. ³ 

Bloodthirsty people ¹  hate someone with integrity; ²  as for the upright, they seek his life. ³ 

פ (Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us; ¹ 

But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.

but who pays back those who hate ¹  him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore ²  those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!

I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.

You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

For our enemies’ ¹  rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.

The Israelites did not remain true ¹  to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

He rescued me from my strong enemy, ¹  from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

The one true God completely vindicates me; ¹  he makes nations submit to me. ² 

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles ¹  were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,