2 It is your evil that has separatedyou from your God.Your sins cause him to turn away from you,so he does not hear you.
3 With your hands you have killed others,and with your fingers you have done wrong.With your lips you have lied,and with your tongue you say evil things.
4 People take each other to court unfairly,and no one tells the truth in arguing his case.They accuse each other falsely and tell lies.They cause trouble and create more evil.
5 They hatch evil like eggs from poisonous snakes.If you eat one of those eggs, you will die,and if you break one open, a poisonous snake comes out.People tell lies as they would spin a spider’s web.
6 The webs they make cannot be used for clothes;you can’t cover yourself with those webs.The things they do are evil,and they use their hands to hurt others.
7 They eagerly run to do evil,and they are always ready to kill innocent people.They think evil thoughts.Everywhere they go they cause ruin and destruction.
8 They don’t know how to live in peace,and there is no fairness in their lives.They are dishonest.Anyone who lives as they live will never have peace.