Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,
He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth `are' to those devising good,
Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.
And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'