"Allthe utterancesof my mouthare in righteousness;Thereis nothingcrookedor pervertedin them.
The wordsof the LORDare purewords;As silvertriedin a furnaceon the earth,refinedseventimes.
A scofferseekswisdomand [finds] none,But knowledgeis easyto one who hasunderstanding.
Whosepathsare crooked,And who are deviousin their ways;
For I giveyou soundteaching;Do not abandonmy instruction.
"The fearof the LORDis to hateevil;Prideand arroganceand the evilwayAnd the pervertedmouth,I hate.
"I have swornby Myself, The wordhas goneforthfrom My mouthin righteousnessAnd will not turnback,That to Me everykneewill bow,everytonguewill swear[allegiance].
Whois thiswho comesfrom Edom,With garmentsof glowingcolorsfrom Bozrah,ThisOnewho is majesticin His apparel,Marchingin the greatnessof His strength?"It is I who speakin righteousness,mightyto save."
The officersanswered,"Neverhas a manspokenthe way thismanspeaks."
"They have actedcorruptlytoward Him, [They are] not His children,because of their defect;[But are] a perverseand crookedgeneration.
sothat you will proveyourselves to be blamelessand innocent,childrenof Godabove reproachin the midstof a crookedand perversegeneration,amongwhomyou appearas lightsin the world,
