Now in the morningDavidwrotea letterto Joaband sent[it] by the handof Uriah.
Whyhave you despisedthe wordof the LORDby doingevilin His sight?You have struckdownUriahthe Hittitewith the sword,have takenhis wifeto be your wife,and have killedhim with the swordof the sonsof Ammon.
AlsokeepbackYour servantfrom presumptuous[sins]; Let them not ruleover me; ThenI will be blameless,And I shall be acquittedof greattransgression.
Your tonguedevisesdestruction,Like a sharprazor,O workerof deceit.
Menof lowdegreeare onlyvanityand menof rankare a lie;In the balancesthey goup; They are togetherlighter thanbreath.
"The heartis moredeceitfulthanallelse And is desperatelysick;Whocan understandit?
