² "How long will you torment me, And crush me with words?

¹⁶ It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.

⁷ and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

⁸ (for that righteous man dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds):

⁶ And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{Gehenna is a name that describes a burning Hell with rotting bodies and unclean things in it}

⁷ For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

⁸ But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.

¹⁸ There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.

³ Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, deadly words,

⁷ Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

²¹ His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

¹⁰ As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"

¹ > How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

² Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

³ My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long?

² "As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

² "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

² "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

¹⁰ They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"