Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from those who do iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed.
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
They sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
They opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
My enemies speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.
Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.
For I have heard the slander of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they took counsel together against me,
They schemed to take away my life.