if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed.

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.”

God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’

Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.

“So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do.