How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?
I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen.
For, when evil will be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
What man is there that is like Job, who drinks up derision as if it were water,
How much more will those who live in houses of clay, which have an earthly foundation, be consumed like the moth?
Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.
Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me in your virtue.
An unjust witness ridicules judgment. And the mouth of the impious devours iniquity.
For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another.