<p class="poetry">Yes, you would gamble<n id="1" /> for the fatherless,p> <p class="poetry">and auction off<n id="2" /> your friend.p>

<p class="poetry">Will partners<n id="1" /> bargain<n id="2" /> for it?p> <p class="poetry">Will they divide it up<n id="3" /> among the merchants?p>

<p class="poetry">he digs a pit<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and then falls into the hole he has made.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">in order to protect him from times of trouble,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">until the wicked are destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The arrogant dig pits to trap me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which violates your law.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wicked scoundrel<n id="1" /> digs up<n id="2" /> evil,p> <p class="poetry">and his slander<n id="3" /> is like a scorching fire.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who digs a pit<n id="1" /> will fall into it;p> <p class="poetry">the one who rolls a stone &#8211; it will come back on him.p>

<p class="poetry">The well which the princes<n id="1" /> dug,p> <p class="poetry">which the leaders of the people openedp> <p class="poetry">with their scepters and their staffs.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> wild dogs surround me &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a gang of evil men crowd around me;p> <p class="poetry">like a lion they pin my hands and feet.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You make that quite clear to me!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.p>

<p class="poetry">They have prepared a net to trap me;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I am discouraged.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They have dug a pit for me.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will fall<n id="4" /> into it! (Selah)p>

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

<p class="poetry">Should good be paid back with evil?p> <p class="poetry">Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Just remember how I stood before youp> <p class="poetry">pleading on their behalf<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to keep you from venting your anger on them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let cries of terror be heard in their housesp> <p class="poetry">when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For they have virtually dug a pit to capture mep> <p class="poetry">and have hidden traps for me to step into.p>

&#8216;My father made me swear an oath. He said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I am about to die. Bury me<n id="2" /> in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.&#8221; Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.&#8217;&#8221;

He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David.<n id="1" /> They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.<n id="2" />p>