⁹ Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;^(A)
    with their tongues they tell lies.^(B)

¹³ “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”^[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”^[b](B)

⁴ Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.^[a](A)

³ “They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;^(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph^[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge^(B) me,”
declares the Lord.
⁴ “Beware of your friends;^(C)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.^(D)
For every one of them is a deceiver,^[b](E)
    and every friend a slanderer.^(F)
5 Friend deceives friend,^(G)
    and no one speaks the truth.^(H)
They have taught their tongues to lie;^(I)
    they weary themselves with sinning.
⁶ You^[c] live in the midst of deception;^(J)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

⁶ Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
    you taught me wisdom^(A) in that secret place.^(B)

⁵ Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.^(A)