¹¹ May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.^(A)

²¹ Evil will slay the wicked;^(A)
    the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

²¹ The tongue has the power of life and death,^(A)
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.^(B)

¹¹ Woe to the wicked!^(A)
    Disaster^(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back^(C)
    for what their hands have done.^(D)

²⁰ One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

²¹ Trouble pursues the sinner,^(A)
    but the righteous^(B) are rewarded with good things.^(C)

¹³ Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,^(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.^(B)

¹⁷         haughty eyes,^(A)
        a lying tongue,^(B)
        hands that shed innocent blood,^(C)

³ May the Lord silence all flattering lips^(A)
    and every boastful tongue—^(B)
4 those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;^(C)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”