Lexicon :: Strong's H1942 - haûâ

“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed

And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?

Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

“They break up and clutter my path [upsetting my plans],

They profit from my destruction;

No one restrains them.

For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;

Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].

Their throat is an open grave;

They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me,

And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;

They devise treachery all the day long.

Your tongue devises destruction,

Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],

But trusted in the abundance of his riches,

Taking refuge in his wealth.”

Destruction is within her;

Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Mikhtam of David. [A record of memorable thoughts of David] when he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,

For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,

And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure

Until destruction passes by.

For He will save you from the trap of the fowler,

And from the deadly pestilence.

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,

One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

The LORD will not allow the [fn]righteous to hunger [God will meet all his needs],

But He will reject and cast away the craving of the wicked.

The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,

But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;

And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.

A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,

And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].

Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly;

The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,

And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul.

So they twist the course of justice between them.