"THEIR THROATIS AN OPENGRAVE,WITH THEIR TONGUESTHEY KEEP DECEIVING,""THE POISONOF ASPSIS UNDERTHEIR LIPS";
They sharpentheir tonguesas a serpent;Poisonof a viperis undertheir lips.Selah.
The wordsof his mouthare wickednessand deceit;He has ceasedto be wise[and] to dogood.
Thereis nothingreliablein whatthey say;Their inwardpartis destruction[itself]. Their throatis an opengrave;They flatterwith their tongue.
Your tonguedevisesdestruction,Like a sharprazor,O workerof deceit.
My soulis amonglions;I must lieamong those who breatheforthfire,[Even] the sonsof men,whose teethare spearsand arrowsAnd their tonguea sharpsword.
For your handsare defiledwith bloodAnd your fingerswith iniquity;Your lipshave spokenfalsehood,Your tonguemutterswickedness.
"Their quiveris like an opengrave,Allof them are mightymen.
"Did you not seea false visionand speaka lyingdivinationwhen you said,'The LORDdeclares,'but it is not I who have spoken?"'"
ALLHAVE TURNED ASIDE,TOGETHERTHEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;THERE IS NONEWHO DOESGOOD,THERE IS NOT EVENONE."
May it neverbe! Rather,let Godbe foundtrue,thougheveryman[be found] a liar,as it is written,"THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIEDIN YOUR WORDS,AND PREVAILWHENYOU ARE JUDGED."
"Their wineis the venomof serpents,And the deadlypoisonof cobras.
