Leeser(i)
11 If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;
12 We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit;
13 We shall find all kinds of precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty;
14 Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all:
15 My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path;
16 For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird:
18 While they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch in concealment for their own lives.
19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy after unlawful gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.
20 Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice;
21 At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches:
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive;
25 And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:
26 Therefore I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride you when your terror cometh;
27 When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.
28 Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
29 For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;