Blessed are ye, when {men} shall revile you, and persecute {you}, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {falsely: Gr. lying}

But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. {of the deceitful: Heb. of deceit} {are opened: Heb. have opened themselves}

Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

The proud have had me greatly in derision: {yet} have I not declined from thy law.

For we have found this man {a} pestilent {fellow}, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

A double minded man {is} unstable in all his ways.

Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

I intreated thy favour with {my} whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. {favour: Heb. face}

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.

Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not. {False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong} {they...: Heb. they asked me}

And ye shall seek me, and find {me}, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: {but} I will consider thy testimonies.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

Not so: go now ye {that are} men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent {men} have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. {violent: Heb. terrible}

Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up {again, then} will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and {so} thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. {pay: Chaldee, give} {revenue: or, strength}

The proud have had me greatly in derision: {yet} have I not declined from thy law.