<p class="poetry">if<n id="1" /> you have been ensnared<n id="2" /> by the words you have uttered,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and have been caught by the words you have spoken,p>

<p class="poetry">He will yet<n id="1" /> fill your mouth with laughter,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your lips with gladness.p>

<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">With my lips I proclaimp> <p class="poetry">all the regulations you have revealed.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Revive me with<n id="1" /> your loyal love,p> <p class="poetry">that I might keep<n id="2" /> the rules you have revealed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How long will you speak these things,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">seeing<n id="2" /> that the words of your mouthp> <p class="poetry">are like a great<n id="3" /> wind?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your sin inspires<n id="1" /> your mouth;p> <p class="poetry">you choose the language<n id="2" /> of the crafty.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your own mouth condemns<n id="1" /> you, not I;p> <p class="poetry">your own lips testify against<n id="2" /> you.p>

<p class="poetry">Is it at your command<n id="1" /> that the eagle soars,p> <p class="poetry">and builds its nest on high?p>

<p class="poetry">The law you have revealed is more important to mep> <p class="poetry">than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let another<n id="1" /> praise you, and not your own mouth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">someone else,<n id="3" /> and not your own lips.p>

<p class="poetry">Open your mouth<n id="1" /> on behalf of those unable to speak,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for the legal rights of all the dying.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Open your mouth, judge in righteousness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and plead the cause<n id="2" /> of the poor and needy.p>

So now go, and I will be with your mouth<n id="1" /> and will teach you<n id="2" /> what you must say.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">God says this to the evildoer:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;How can you declare my commands,p> <p class="poetry">and talk about my covenant?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I am the <sc>Lordsc>, your God,p> <p class="poetry">the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.p> <p class="poetry">Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Let all the kings of the earth give thanks<n id="1" /> to you, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">when they hear the words you speak.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not rely on a friend;p> <p class="poetry">do not trust a companion!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!<n id="1" />p>

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands.<n id="1" /> Only I, the king, will be greater than you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth<n id="1" /> and with his mouth,<n id="2" /> and I will teach you both<n id="3" /> what you must do.<n id="4" />