His speechwas smootherthanbutter,But his heartwas war;His wordswere softerthanoil,Yet they were drawnswords.
"Besides,whomshould I serve?[Should I] not [serve] in the presenceof his son?As I have servedin your father'spresence,soI will be in your presence."
"Will he makemanysupplicationsto you, Orwill he speakto you softwords?
They speakfalsehoodto oneanother;With flatteringlipsand with a doubleheartthey speak.
Do not dragme awaywith the wickedAnd with those who workiniquity,Who speakpeacewith their neighbors,While evilis in their hearts.
My soulis amonglions;I must lieamong those who breatheforthfire,[Even] the sonsof men,whose teethare spearsand arrowsAnd their tonguea sharpsword.
Behold,they belchforthwith their mouth;Swordsare in their lips,For, [they say], "Whohears?"
They have counseledonlyto thrusthim downfrom his highposition;They delightin falsehood;They blesswith their mouth,But inwardlythey curse.Selah.
Whohave sharpenedtheir tonguelike a sword.They aimedbitterspeech[as] their arrow,
Thereis one who speaksrashlylike the thrustsof a sword,But the tongueof the wisebringshealing.
A lyingtonguehatesthose it crushes,And a flatteringmouthworksruin.
And Judas,who was betrayingHim, said,"Surelyit is not I, Rabbi?"Jesus said to him, "You have said[it] yourself."
Duringsupper,the devilhaving alreadyputinto the heartof JudasIscariot,[the son] of Simon,to betrayHim,
Then Saulcommandedhis servants,"Speakto Davidsecretly,saying,'Behold,the kingdelightsin you, and allhis servantsloveyou; nowtherefore, becomethe king'sson-in-law.'"
