My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David.] i0 par Do you indeed speak justice, O silent ones? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

He will judge Your people in righteousness, and Your lowly with justice.

And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

And Jehovah said to Moses: How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have done among them?

How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity; and those who scorn desire their scorning; and fools hate knowledge?

But You, O Jehovah, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.

You shame the counsel of the lowly, for Jehovah is his refuge.

Thus they changed their Glory into the image of an ox that eats grass.

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their glory.

But Israel shall be saved in Jehovah with an everlasting salvation. You shall not be ashamed nor humiliated to everlasting eternity.

Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory for that which does not profit.

As they were increased, so they sinned against Me. I will change their glory into shame.

that, as it is written, He who exults, let him exult in the Lord.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples devise a vain thing?

And do not turn aside to go after vanities which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are nothing.

No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

Thus says Jehovah, What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

Those who observe empty vanities forsake their faithfulness;

You shall destroy those who speak lies; Jehovah abhors the man of blood and treachery.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the belly, speaking lies.

But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him shall glory; but the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies. But they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.

Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.