⁸ They ^(A)scoff and ^[a]wickedly speak of oppression;
They ^(B)speak from on high.

³ For the ^(A)scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the ^[a]land of the righteous,
So that the righteous ^(B)would not send forth their hands in unrighteousness.

⁶ Their webs will not become a garment,
Nor will they ^(A)cover themselves with their works;
Their ^(B)works are works of wickedness,
And a ^(C)deed of violence is in their ^[a]hands.
^7 (D)Their feet run to evil,
And they are quick to shed innocent blood;
^(E)Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
⁸ They do not know the ^(F)way of peace,
And there is ^(G)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
^(H)Whoever treads on ^[b]them does not know peace.