They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity;\par\tab They delight in lies;\par\tab They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {\i Selah
{\i For} the sin of their mouth, {\i and} the words of their lips,\par\tab Let them even be taken in their pride,\par\tab And for cursing and lying which they speak.
And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh {\i unto me}, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught {\i them};
{\b {\i A Psalm} of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.}\par\par\tab I will bless Jehovah at all times:\par\tab His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.
And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Blessed {\i be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Pure religion and undefiled before {\i our} God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {\i and} to keep oneself unspotted from the world.\par