⁷ The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor says what is right.

⁷ Their feet run after evil,^(A)
and they rush to shed innocent blood.^(B)
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;^(C)
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

² I spread out My hands all day long
to a rebellious people^(A)
who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.