The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

"Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war [was] in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they [were] drawn swords.

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.

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows -- bitter words,

They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who will see them?"

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful Have opened against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise [promotes] health.

He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see."

Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, "You will not require [an account."]

And they say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?"

Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand."

He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

"Is not God in the height of heaven? And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!

And you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the deep darkness?

"Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the LORD has chosen, He has also cast them off'? Thus they have despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.