His mouth is full of cursing, lies and oppression. On his tongue are trouble and iniquity.
He prepares His own deadly weapons. He makes His fiery arrows.
Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,
Snatch me, deliver me out of the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsehood, whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
Grant not, Adonai, the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plan succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah
who devise evil in their heart— every day they stir up wars.
They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten.
Hide me from the conspiracy of evildoers, from the tumult of workers of iniquity,
Do not slay them, lest my people forget. With Your power shake them and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to notice his iniquity —or hate it.
You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Therefore thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am about to refine them and test them. For what else can I do for the daughter of My people?
Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.
No one sues justly, and none pleads a case honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Keep falsehood and lies far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches, but feed me with my allotted bread,
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is like a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
whose mouth speaks falsehood, whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
How long will all of you assault a man, to crush him, like a leaning wall, a fence to be torn down?
No, in heart you devise injustice. Your hands weigh out violence on earth.
My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.
My enemies speak evil about me: “When will he die and his name perish?”
Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.
Lead me, Adonai, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make Your path straight before me.
They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their belly prepares deception.”
You have unleashed your mouth for evil and harnessed your tongue for deceit.
The sin of their mouth is the words of their lips. So let them be caught in their pride, and for uttering a curse and a lie.
Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land