²⁸ A worthless witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked ^(A)devours iniquity.

^16 (A)how much less one who is abominable and ^(B)corrupt,
    a man who ^(C)drinks injustice like water!

⁷ What man is like Job,
    who ^(A)drinks up scoffing like water,

^8 (A)They feed on the sin^[a] of my people;
    they are greedy for their iniquity.

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you ^(A)scoffers,
    who rule this people in Jerusalem!
¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
    and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the ^(B)overwhelming whip passes through
    it will not come to us,
for we have made ^(C)lies our refuge,
    and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God,
^(D)“Behold, I am the one who has laid^[a] as a foundation ^(E)in Zion,
    a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
    ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
¹⁷ And I will make justice ^(F)the line,
    and righteousness ^(G)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
    and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
¹⁸ Then ^(H)your covenant with death will be annulled,
    and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
    you will be beaten down by it.

^14 (A)The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools feed on folly.