See, they belch out with their mouth, Swords are in their lips, For who is listening?
He has said in his heart, “Ě
Why do the wrong scorn Elohim? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”
His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.
My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
And they have said, “How could Ě
They pour forth words, They speak arrogantly; All the workers of wickedness boast in themselves.
Rash speaking is like piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise is healing.
The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, But the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wrong pours out evil.
“Have you not observed what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two clans which יהוה has chosen have been rejected by Him’? So they have despised My people, no more to be a nation before them.
The lips of those rising against me, And their scheming against me all the day.
“Brood of adders! How are you able to speak what is good – being wicked? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.