"Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he [is such] a scoundrel that [one] cannot speak to him."

And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name [was] Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: "We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!"

If you seek her as silver, And search for her as [for] hidden treasures;

With Your hand from men, O LORD, From men of the world [who have] their portion in [this] life, And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their [possession] for their babes.

As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;

Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

You love all devouring words, [You] deceitful tongue.

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.

And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.