His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
“Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
“As for the head of those who surround me, Let the evil of their lips cover them;
They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; They speak loftily.
Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
“And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.
No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.
Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me;
Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
They only consult to cast him down from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. Selah
The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it.
They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.
They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit.”
You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
Consume them in wrath, consume them, That they may not be; And let them know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah
Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,