The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?