For they cannot rest unless they have done evil; if they do not trip anyone they lose sleep.
For he lives with the delusion: his guilt will not be known and hated.
Empty and false are the words of his mouth; he has ceased to be wise and do good.
[For their feet run to evil, they hasten to shed blood.]
Who delight in doing evil and celebrate perversity;
Shun it, do not cross it, turn aside from it, pass on.
But the wicked are like the tossing sea which cannot be still, Its waters cast up mire and mud.
Each one deceives the other, no one speaks the truth. They have accustomed their tongues to lying, they are perverse and cannot repent.
Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power.
Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.
When day came the council of elders of the people met, both chief priests and scribes, and they brought him before their Sanhedrin.
Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover.
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Their eyes are full of adultery and insatiable for sin. They seduce unstable people, and their hearts are trained in greed. Accursed children!