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“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways

“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery

“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” “They rush to commit murder. Destruction and misery always follow them.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.   , Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways

“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; Destruction and misery are in their ways

So where does that put us? Do we Jews get a better break than the others? Not really. Basically, all of us, whether insiders or outsiders, start out in identical conditions, which is to say that we all start out as sinners. Scripture leaves no doubt about it: There’s nobody living right, not even one, nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God. They’ve all taken the wrong turn; they’ve all wandered down blind alleys. No one’s living right; I can’t find a single one. Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mudslides. Every word they speak is tinged with poison. They open their mouths and pollute the air. They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year, litter the land with heartbreak and ruin, Don’t know the first thing about living with others. They never give God the time of day. This makes it clear, doesn’t it, that whatever is written in these Scriptures is not what God says about others but to us to whom these Scriptures were addressed in the first place! And it’s clear enough, isn’t it, that we’re sinners, every one of us, in the same sinking boat with everybody else? Our involvement with God’s revelation doesn’t put us right with God. What it does is force us to face our complicity in everyone else’s sin.

“THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS”; “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS

“THEIR MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS.” [Ps 10:7] “THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS

“ Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness .” “ Their feet are swift to shed blood , ruin and misery are in their paths