We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.

I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!”

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.

hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.

So Moab wails over its demise – they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, “Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?”

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.