⁷ See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

⁴ My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

² Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

¹¹ He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

¹⁸ There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

¹¹ And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

³⁴ You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

²⁴ Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation.

²⁸ The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

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

³ Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

⁷ And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

⁸ Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

⁹ Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

⁴ Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.

³ Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

⁴ So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

⁵ They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

²¹ The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

¹³ Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

¹² Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

¹³ And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?