Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues.
They conceive malice, bring forth deceit, give birth to fraud.
Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, and he hides it under his tongue,
Help, Lord, for no one loyal remains; the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,
Lord, do not grant the desires of the wicked one; do not let his plot succeed. Selah
deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreign foes. Their mouths speak untruth; their right hands are raised in lying oaths.
Their mouths speak untruth; their right hands are raised in lying oaths.
For he lives with the delusion: his guilt will not be known and hated.
My enemies say bad things against me: ‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’
Lord, guide me in your justice because of my foes; make straight your way before me.
You give your mouth free rein for evil; you yoke your tongue to deceit.
you are thinking up intrigues; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.
No, you freely engage in crime; your hands dispense violence to the earth.
Slay them not, God, lest they deceive my people. Shake them by your power; Lord, our shield, bring them down.
For the sinful words of their mouths and lips let them be caught in their pride. For the lies they have told under oath
How long will you set yourself against a man? You shall all be destroyed, Like a sagging wall or a tumbled down fence!
Hide me from the malicious crowd, the mob of evildoers.
Prepares his deadly shafts, makes arrows blazing thunderbolts.
They scoff and spout their malice; from on high they utter threats.
Trying to get rich by lying is chasing a bubble over deadly snares.
Put falsehood and lying far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches; provide me only with the food I need;
No one brings suit justly, no one pleads truthfully; They trust an empty plea and tell lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth malice.
Be on your guard, everyone against his neighbor; put no trust in any brother. Every brother imitates Jacob, the supplanter, every neighbor is guilty of slander.
Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: I will refine them and test them; how else should I deal with the daughter of my people?
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land:
You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.