The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.

If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

The Lord will fight for you, and you can be still.”

You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

Pay attention, Job – listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

But you take notice, Lord! O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!

he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent.