The north wind brings rain, And a secret tongue an enraged face.
From the golden north it comes – with Eloah is awesome excellency.
From the room of the south comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds of the north.
Him who secretly slanders his neighbour I cut off; I do not tolerate one Who has a haughty look and a proud heart.
He has not slandered with his tongue, He has not done evil to his neighbour, Nor lifted up a reproach against his friend;
With unclean ones, mockers at feasts, Gnashing at me with their teeth.
For lack of wood, the fire goes out. And without a slanderer, strife ceases.
slanderers, haters of Elohim, insolent, proud, boasters, devisers of evils, disobedient to parents,
For I fear lest, when I come, I do not find you such as I wish, and I be found by you such as you do not wish – lest there be strife, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, puffings up, unrests,