Catholic Public Domain Version
"They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?” "
— Psalms 11:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.”
“Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. ”
“Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.”
“The LORD approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.”
“Who have said: We will magnify our tongue: our lips are our own: who is Lord over us?”
“The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.”
“The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.”
Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.
They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.
May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.
They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”
Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him.
The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.
You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.