² who plan evil things in their minds
    and stir up wars continually.^(A)

⁶ They stir up strife; they lurk;
    they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.^(A)

⁴ They plot mischief while on their beds;
    they are set on a way that is not good;
    they do not reject evil.^(A)

2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
    and evil deeds^[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
    because it is in their power.^(A)
2 They covet fields and seize them,
    houses and take them away;
they oppress householder and house,
    people and their inheritance.^(B)
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
Now, I am devising against this family an evil
    from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you shall not walk arrogantly,
    for it will be an evil time.^(C)

⁵ They hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?^[a](A)
6     Who can search out our crimes?^[b]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
    For the human heart and mind are deep.^(B)