The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused,

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law!

All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!

I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.

How can you say, “We are wise! We have the law of the Lord”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean.

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies –

A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah)

May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts.

Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable.

I said, “O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.

who speak lies, and make false promises.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.