Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalms — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Do ye indeed speak righteousness? In putting this question to his enemies, by way of challenge, David displays the boldness of conscious rectitude. It argues that the justice of our cause is demonstratively evident when we venture to appeal to the opposite party himself; for were there any ground…