Not I, but your own mouth condemns you. And your own lips witness against you.
“And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I shall judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.
“For by your words you shall be declared righteous, and by your words you shall be declared unrighteous.”
If I am righteous? My mouth would declare me wrong. Am I perfect? It would declare me perverse.
And they cause one to stumble, Their own tongue is against them; All who see them flee away.
Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I declared but I did not understand, matters too marvellous for me, which I did not know.
Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?
Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? See, now you have heard His blasphemy!
The steps of his strength are impeded, and his own counsel overthrows him.
“And it came to be, while your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ