<p class="poetry">You do damage with words,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and use your tongue to deceive.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The plans<n id="1" /> of the righteous are just;p> <p class="poetry">the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who hates others disguises<n id="1" /> it with his lips,p> <p class="poetry">but he stores up<n id="2" /> deceit within him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I do not condone the use of rigged scales,p> <p class="poetry">or a bag of deceptive weights.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They conceive<n id="1" /> trouble and bring forth evil;p> <p class="poetry">their belly<n id="2" /> prepares deception.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> I have walked in falsehood,p> <p class="poetry">and if<n id="2" /> my foot has hastened<n id="3" /> to deceit &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">Then make sure you don&#8217;t speak evil words<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or use deceptive speech!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You love to use all the words that destroy,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the tongue that deceives.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> dishonest scales,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but an accurate weight<n id="3" /> is his delight.p>

<p class="poetry">The faithful witness<n id="1" /> tells what is right,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but a false witness<n id="3" /> speaks<n id="4" /> deceit.p>

<p class="poetry">Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but those who promote peace<n id="2" /> have joy.p>

<p class="poetry">The wisdom of the shrewd person<n id="1" /> is to discern<n id="2" /> his way,p> <p class="poetry">but the folly of fools is deception.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">A truthful witness<n id="1" /> rescues lives,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who breathes lies brings<n id="3" /> deception.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> abhors<n id="1" /> differing weights,p> <p class="poetry">and dishonest scales are wicked.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The businessmen love to cheat;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they use dishonest scales.<n id="2" />p>

Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off.<n id="1" /> He said to Ahaziah, &#8220;It&#8217;s a trap,<n id="2" /> Ahaziah!&#8221;

Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders.

<t /><p class="psasuper">A prayer of David.p> <p class="poetry"><sc>Lordsc>, consider my just cause!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention to my cry for help!p> <p class="poetry">Listen to the prayerp> <p class="poetry">I sincerely offer!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Vindicate me, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Fight for me<n id="2" /> against an ungodly nation!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me<n id="3" /> from deceitful and evil men!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;p> <p class="poetry">they lie to me.<n id="1" />p>