An unjustmanis abominableto the righteous,And he whois uprightin the wayis abominableto the wicked.
A perverseheartshall departfrom me; I will knownoevil.
Departfrom me, evildoers,That I may observethe commandmentsof my God.
Do I not hatethose who hateYou, O LORD?And do I not loathethose who riseup against You?
I hatethem with the utmosthatred;They have becomemy enemies.
Departfrom me, allyou who doiniquity,For the LORDhas heardthe voiceof my weeping.
Those who hateme withouta causeare morethanthe hairsof my head;Those who would destroyme are powerful,being wrongfullymy enemies;WhatI did not steal,I thenhave to restore.
A manwill be praisedaccordingto his insight,But one of perversemindwill be despised.
Desirerealizedis sweetto the soul,But it is an abominationto foolsto turnawayfrom evil.
The devisingof follyis sin,And the scofferis an abominationto men.
Menof bloodshedhatethe blameless,But the uprightare concernedfor his life.
The wordsof Agurthe sonof Jakeh,the oracle.The mandeclaresto Ithiel,to Ithieland Ucal:
Then I annihilatedthe threeshepherdsin onemonth,for my soulwas impatientwith them, and their soulalsowas wearyof me.
"You will be hatedby allbecauseof My name,but it is the one who has enduredto the endwho will be saved.
"Thenthey will deliveryou to tribulation,and will killyou, and you will be hatedby allnationsbecauseof My name.
"He who hatesMe hatesMy Fatheralso.
"I have giventhem Your word;and the worldhas hatedthem, becausethey are not of the world,evenas I amnot of the world.
"The worldcannothateyou, but it hatesMe becauseI testifyof it, that its deedsare evil.
Do not be surprised,brethren,ifthe worldhatesyou.
