3  May the Lord cut off all ^oflattering lips,

the tongue that makes ^qgreat boasts,

4  those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,

our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

8  They scoff and ^lspeak with malice;

loftily they threaten oppression.

9  They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongue struts through the earth.