Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, - With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. Selah.

Whose mouth, of cursing and bitterness, is full,

And deceit

For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin, - An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.

Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:

The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:

Thou lovest all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!

Smoother than curds, were the words of his mouth, But, war, was in his heart, - Softer his words than oil, Yet, they, were drawn swords!

Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity, speaking falsehood;

Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;

None, sueth in righteousness, and None, pleadeth in faithfulness, - Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness And bringing forth iniquity:

Who have prepared e their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, - For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.

A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, is under their lips,

Under

Though, a sweet taste in his mouth, be given by vice, though he hide it under his tongue;

Vanity

Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour, - with lips uttering smooth things - with a heart and a heart, do they speak.

And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.

Whose mouth, hath spoken deceit, and, whose right hand, is a right hand of falsehood.

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

Vanity and falsehood, remove far from me, Neither poverty nor riches, give me, Feed me with the food appointed me:

General references

For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.

Whose mouth, of cursing and bitterness, is full,