²⁹ Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

¹⁴ Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

²⁰ For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

²⁰ He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

³ For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

¹⁸ A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

²² Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth `are' to those devising good,

²⁹ A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

³⁰ Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

¹⁸ And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

¹⁹ Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.

²⁰ Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.

¹ Wo `to' those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

² And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.