2 Samuel 9:9-10

9:9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson. 9:10 You will cultivate ¹  the land for him – you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce ²  and it will be ³  food for your master’s grandson to eat. ⁴  But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

Psalms 88:18

88:18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; ⁵ 

those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. ⁶ 

Micah 7:5

7:5 Do not rely on a friend;

do not trust a companion!

Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms! ⁷ 

[9:10]  ¹ tn Heb “work.”

[9:10]  ² tn The Hebrew text implies, but does not actually contain, the words “its produce” here.

[9:10]  ³ tc The words “it will be,” though present in the MT, are absent from the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.

[9:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he will eat it.”

[88:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.”

[88:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “those known by me, darkness.”

[7:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the one who lies in your arms, guard the doors of your mouth.”