[On account of] the sinof their mouth[and] the wordsof their lips,Let them even be caughtin their pride,And on accountof cursesand lieswhich they utter.
"He deprivesof intelligencethe chiefsof the earth'speopleAnd makes them wanderin a pathlesswaste.
In pridethe wickedhotlypursuethe afflicted;Let them be caughtin the plotswhichthey have devised.
His mouthis fullof cursesand deceitand oppression;Underhis tongueis mischiefand wickedness.
And returnto our neighborssevenfoldinto their bosomThe reproachwith whichthey have reproachedYou, O Lord.
The righteousnessof the uprightwill deliverthem, But the treacherouswill be caughtby [their own] greed.
An evilmanis ensnaredby the transgressionof his lips,But the righteouswill escapefrom trouble.
A fool'smouthis his ruin,And his lipsare the snareof his soul.
[If] you have been snaredwith the wordsof your mouth,Have been caughtwith the wordsof your mouth,
The lipsof my assailantsand their whispering[Are] againstme alldaylong.
"But I will sparea fewof them from the sword,the famineand the pestilencethat they may tellalltheir abominationsamong the nationswherethey go,and may knowthat I am the LORD."
[There is] swearing,deception,murder,stealingand adultery.They employviolence,so that bloodshedfollowsbloodshed.
"In that dayyou will feelnoshameBecauseof allyour deedsBy whichyou have rebelledagainst Me; For thenI will removefrom your midstYour proud,exultingones,And you will neveragainbe haughtyOn My holymountain.
And allthe peoplesaid,"His bloodshall be on us and on our children!"
and said,"Sir,we rememberthat when He was stillalivethat deceiversaid,AfterthreedaysI [am to] rise again.'
But they kept on insisting,saying,"He stirsup the people,teachingalloverJudea,startingfrom Galileeeven as faras this place."
