Surely my lips shall not speak uprighteousness,\par\tab Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
Will ye speak unrighteously for God,\par\tab And talk deceitfully for him?
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.
Notwithstanding my right I am {\i accounted} a liar;\par\tab My wound is incurable, {\i though I am} without transgression.
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;\par\tab For surely I shall not lie to your face.
Although there is no violence in my hands,\par\tab And my prayer is pure.\par
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar,\par\tab And make my speech nothing worth?\par
My words {\i shall utter} the uprightness of my heart;\par\tab And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.