Conspirators Whet a Sword and Coil a Snare

Prompt

Psalm 64: "Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked... who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words... they commune of laying snares privately; they say, Who shall see them?" In the shaded corner of a sunlit stone courtyard, three conspirators lean close together over a low table, whispering with cunning, hard faces and glancing around to make sure no one sees; the one in the middle sharpens a sword on a whetstone while another coils a hunting snare in his hands. The three plotters are large and central. Bright afternoon sunlight floods the courtyard just beyond their patch of shade, and a single sunbeam falls across the table onto the blade. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.