Each evening they return, growling like dogs, prowling the city.
Who say in their hearts, “God has forgotten, shows no concern, never bothers to look.”
Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, “God does not care”?
He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.
May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah
They say, “Does God really know?” “Does the Most High have any knowledge?”
How long will they mouth haughty speeches, go on boasting, all these evildoers?
The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing.
The tongue of the wise pours out knowledge, but the mouth of fools spews folly.
The heart of the just ponders a response, but the mouth of the wicked spews evil.
Have you not noticed what these people are saying: “The Lord has rejected the two tribes he had chosen”? They hold my people in contempt as if it were no longer a nation in their eyes.
The whispered murmurings of my adversaries, against me all day long;
You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.