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,<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You shall not give<n id="1" /> false testimony<n id="2" /> against your neighbor.p>

<p class="poetry">Remove me from the path of deceit!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Graciously give me<n id="2" /> your law!p>

<p class="poetry">All your commands are reliable.p> <p class="poetry">I am pursued without reason.<n id="1" /> Help me!p>

<p class="poetry">I hate and despise deceit;p> <p class="poetry">I love your law.p>

<p class="poetry">How can you say, &#8220;We are wise!p> <p class="poetry">We have the law of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8221;?p> <p class="poetry">The truth is,<n id="1" /> those who teach it<n id="2" /> have used their writingsp> <p class="poetry">to make it say what it does not really mean.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, however, are inventors of lies;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all of you are worthless physicians!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For in truth, my words are not false;p> <p class="poetry">it is one complete<n id="1" /> in knowledgep> <p class="poetry">who is with you.p>

<p class="poetry">See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,p> <p class="poetry">who conceives destructive plans,p> <p class="poetry">and gives birth to harmful lies &#8211; <n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.p>

<p class="poetry">But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who hate me without cause outnumber me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You love evil more than good,p> <p class="poetry">lies more than speaking the truth.<n id="1" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">But I meditate on your precepts.p>

<p class="poetry">Your precepts give me discernment.p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You despise<n id="1" /> all who stray from your statutes,p> <p class="poetry">for they are deceptive and unreliable.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;O <sc>Lord,sc> rescue me<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from those who lie with their lips<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and those who deceive with their tongue.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">who speak lies,p> <p class="poetry">and make false promises.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">haughty eyes,<n id="1" /> a lying tongue,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and hands that shed innocent blood,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">a false witness who pours out lies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and a person who spreads discord<n id="2" /> among family members.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who conceals hatred utters lies,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the one who spreads<n id="2" /> slander<n id="3" /> is certainly<n id="4" /> a fool.p>