1Sa 23:20-23, 2Sa 17:1-4, Psa 10:8-10, 27:2, 37:32, 38:12, 119:61, 69, 85-87 | ESV | STEP | Now come down , O king , according to all your heart’s desire to come down , and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand .

1 Samuel 23:20-23

20 Now come down, O king, according to all your heart’s desire to come down, ^aand our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.” 21 And Saul said, ^b“May you be blessed by the Lord, ^cfor you have had compassion on me. 22 Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning. 23 See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Then I will go with you. And if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”

2 Samuel 17:1-4

Hushai Saves David

1 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is ^dweary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. ^eI will strike down only the king, 3 and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew back to you. Like the return of the whole is the man whom you seek} and all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Psalms 10:8-10

8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in ^ghiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like ^ha lion in his ⁱthicket;
he ^jlurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his ^knet.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.

Psalms 27:2

2 When evildoers assail me
to ^leat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.

Psalms 37:32

32 The wicked ^mwatches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.

Psalms 38:12

12 Those who seek my life ⁿlay their snares;
those who seek my hurt ^ospeak of ruin
and meditate ^ptreachery all day long.

Psalms 119:61

61 Though ^qthe cords of the wicked ensnare me,
I do not ^rforget your law.

Psalms 119:69

69 ^sThe insolent ^tsmear me with lies,
but with my whole heart I ^ukeep your precepts;

Psalms 119:85-87

85 ^vThe insolent have ^wdug pitfalls for me;
they do not live according to your law.
86 All your commandments are ^xsure;
they persecute me ^ywith falsehood; ^zhelp me!
87 They have almost made an end of me on earth,
but I have not forsaken your precepts.