Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

{As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}

Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood:

{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. {O thou...: or, and the deceitful tongue}

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison {is} under their lips. Selah.

And they bend their tongues {like} their bow {for} lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly {concerning} oppression: they speak loftily.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words:

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;

The words of his mouth {are} iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, {and} to do good.

And if he come to see {me}, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; {when} he goeth abroad, he telleth {it}.

None calleth for justice, nor {any} pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. {vanity: or, iniquity}

Thine habitation {is} in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

They only consult to cast {him} down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. {inwardly: Heb. in their inward parts}

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. {as soon...: Heb. from the belly}

{The words} of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war {was} in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet {were} they drawn swords.

Their throat {is} an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps {is} under their lips:

For {there is} no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part {is} very wickedness; their throat {is} an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. {faithfulness: or, stedfastness} {their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them} {very...: Heb. wickednesses}

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {with} flattering lips {and} with a double heart do they speak. {a double...: Heb. an heart and an heart}

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Whose mouth {is} full of cursing and bitterness:

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {with} flattering lips {and} with a double heart do they speak. {a double...: Heb. an heart and an heart}

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}

{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, {though} he hide it under his tongue;

Wickedness {is} in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief {is} in their hearts.

The words of his mouth {are} iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, {and} to do good.

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

The instruments also of the churl {are} evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. {the needy...: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment}

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood.

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

[To the chief Musician, Maschil, {A Psalm} of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God {endureth} continually. {Maschil: or, of instruction}