Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

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.

As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

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:

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.