If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers are wicked.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.