⁷ Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

³ He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man `is' righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.

¹² Yea, truly, God doth not do wickedly, And the Mighty doth not pervert judgment.

¹⁶ And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

¹⁷ Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

³ I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

⁴ A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

¹⁹ The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

¹⁰ An oath `is' on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

¹¹ A just beam and balances `are' Jehovah's, His work `are' all the stones of the bag.

¹² An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

¹³ The delight of kings `are' righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

⁷ Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

¹² A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers `are' wicked.

⁵ Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.