His servants ¹  dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it ²  Sitnah. ³ 

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us ¹  as if we were ²  spying on the land.

Keep your distance ¹  from a false charge ²  – do not kill the innocent and the righteous, ³  for I will not justify the wicked. ⁴ 

But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim,

“To the one in despair, kindness ¹  should come from his friend ²  even if ³  he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

For you write down ¹  bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. ² 

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, ¹  or fill his belly ²  with the east wind? ³ 

Is it because of your piety ¹  that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? ² 

Surely ¹  I would wear it proudly ²  on my shoulder, I would bind ³  it on me like a crown;

The countries are assembled all around you; ¹  take once more your rightful place over them! ² 

May lying lips be silenced – lips ¹  that speak defiantly against the innocent ²  with arrogance and contempt!

For they do not try to make peace with others, ¹  but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting. ² 

Death and Destruction ¹  are before the Lord – how much more ²  the hearts of humans! ³ 

lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy ¹  will never go away.

For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated ¹  –

“Why do you try to refute me? ¹  All of you have rebelled against me,” says the Lord.

Then I said, ¹  “Lord, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying. ² 

Then the Pharisees ¹  went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. ² 

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.