O God, whom I praise, do not be silent, for wicked and treacherous mouths attack me. They speak against me with lying tongues;
The truth is that I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and I have not done anything here that they should have put me into a dungeon.”
Ahithophel went on to say to Absalom: “Let me choose twelve thousand men and be off in pursuit of David tonight.
From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,
I am forgotten, out of mind like the dead; I am like a worn-out tool.
Do not let me be put to shame, for I have called to you, Lord. Put the wicked to shame; reduce them to silence in Sheol.
you are thinking up intrigues; your tongue is like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
Truthful lips endure forever, the lying tongue, for only a moment.
The heart of the just ponders a response, but the mouth of the wicked spews evil.
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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.
Violence upon violence, deceit upon deceit: They refuse to know me— oracle of the Lord.
They presented false witnesses who testified, “This man never stops saying things against [this] holy place and the law.