2Sa 16:21-22, 17:1-2, 12-14, 21, Psa 17:8-9, 13, 59:1-2, 140:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Ahithophel said to Absalom , Go in to your father’s concubines , whom he has left to keep the house , and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father , and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened .

ac[See ver. 1 above]

2 Samuel 16:21-22

21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to ^ayour father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and ^bthe hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom ^con the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines ^din the sight of all Israel.

2 Samuel 17:1-2

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 ^eweary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. ^fI will strike down only the king,

2 Samuel 17:12-14

12 So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left. 13 If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there.” 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” ^gFor the Lord had ordained ^{▼▼Hebrew commanded} to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:21

21 After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, ⁱ“Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you.”

Psalms 17:8-9

8 Keep me as ^jthe apple of your eye;
hide me in ^kthe shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who do me violence,
my deadly enemies who ^lsurround me.

Psalms 17:13

13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,

Psalms 59:1-2

Deliver Me from My Enemies

To the choirmaster: according to ^mDo Not Destroy. A ⁿMiktam ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David, ^pwhen Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.

1 ^qDeliver me from my enemies, O my God;
^rprotect me from those who ^srise up against me;
2 deliver me from ^tthose who work evil,
and save me from ^ubloodthirsty men.

Psalms 140:1-4

Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1 ^vDeliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
preserve me from ^wviolent men,
2 who plan evil things in their heart
and ^xstir up wars continually.
3 They make ^ytheir tongue sharp as ^za serpent’s,
and ^aaunder their lips is the ^abvenom of asps. Selah
4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from ^acviolent men,
who have planned to trip up my feet.