Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people.

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

May lying lips be silenced – lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

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.

my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.

He says: “Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

Against you – you above all – I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem; the Valley of Succoth I will measure off.

God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,

He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence.

God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, the valley of Succoth I will measure off.

For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

My mouth will praise the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever!

The Beloved’s Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?