15. and call upon me in the day of trouble;I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
16. But to the wicked God says:“What right have you to recite my statutesor take my covenant on your lips?
17. For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
18. If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
19. “You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
20. You sit and speak against your brother;you slander your own mother’s son.