² O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

¹¹ False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

² Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

³ You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

⁴ Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;

² For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

² For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

³ Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.)

²² False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

⁶⁰ And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.

⁶¹ But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

⁶² And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?