When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.
But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor; I am bowed down so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see. My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic; they took to flight. Trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in labor.
Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
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