Their throats are open graves; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps is on their lips;
From those who plan evil in their hearts, who stir up conflicts every day,
For he lives with the delusion: his guilt will not be known and hated.
Lord, guide me in your justice because of my foes; make straight your way before me.
when Doeg the Edomite entered and reported to Saul, saying to him: “David has entered the house of Ahimelech.”
May God send help from heaven to save me, shame those who trample upon me. May God send fidelity and mercy. Selah
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with crime; Your lips speak falsehood, and your tongue utters deceit.
Their quivers are like open graves; all of them are warriors.
Was not the vision you saw false? Did you not report a lying divination when you said, “Oracle of the Lord,” even though I never spoke?
All have gone astray; all alike are worthless; there is not one who does good, [there is not] even one.
Of course not! God must be true, though every human being is a liar, as it is written: “That you may be justified in your words, and conquer when you are judged.”
Their wine is the venom of serpents, the cruel poison of vipers.