Psalms 64:8
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They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
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A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”