There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.” Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear. They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?”
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
“Have you not observed that these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two clans that he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
“Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are! But you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
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