⁹ “The ^(A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And ^[a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
¹⁰ I, the Lord, ^(B)search the heart,
I test the ^[b]mind,
^(C)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

^(C)“There is none righteous, no, not one;
¹¹ There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
¹² They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
¹³ “Their^(D) throat is an open ^[a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
^(E)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
¹⁴ “Whose^(F) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
¹⁵ “Their^(G) feet are swift to shed blood;
¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways;
¹⁷ And the way of peace they have not known.”
¹⁸ “There^(H) is no fear of God before their eyes.”