My soul [is] among lions; I lie [among] the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

To the Chief Musician. Set to "Do Not Destroy." A Michtam of David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

Because the 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 in all that is done under the sun: that one thing [happens] to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness [is] in their hearts while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice.

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

Then the LORD 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 performed among them?

"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.

But You, O LORD, [are] a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

You shame the counsel of the poor, But the LORD [is] his refuge.

Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass.

"Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.

[But] Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever.

Has a nation changed [its] gods, Which [are] not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For [what] does not profit.

" The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.

that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD."

Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?

"And do not turn aside; for [then you would go] after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they [are] nothing.

No one calls for justice, Nor does [any] plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

Thus says the LORD: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?

"Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.

You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, 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 [like] their bow they have bent their tongues [for] lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," says the LORD.

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