American Standard Version of 1901
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Who have whet their tongue like a sword,And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect:Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;They commune of laying snares privily;They say, Who will see them?
They search out iniquities; {Or, as otherwise read. They have accomplished (or, have hidden)}We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search:And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighborIs a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
His mouth was smooth as butter,But his heart was war:His words were softer than oil,Yet were they drawn swords.
My soul is among lions;I {Or, must lie}lie among them that are set on fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,And their tongue a sharp sword.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth;Swords are in their lips:For who, say they, doth hear?
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
{Psalm 36:1}There is no fear of God before their eyes.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of Jehovah. {Or, Transgression saith to the wicked}The transgression of the wicked {Or, uttereth its oracle}saith within my heart,There is no fear of God before his eyes.
He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten;He hideth his face; he will never see it.
And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image of the breast, {Some ancient authorities read that even the image of the beast should speak;and he shall cause &c.}that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not {See marginal note on chapter 3:9}worship the image of the beast should be killed.
So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.