You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

For, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age-abiding, have the perverse been destroyed, - and the seed of the lawless, been cut off.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart are deep.

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not tolerate evil.

The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;