They scoff, and speak with malice;(A)
    with arrogance(B) they threaten oppression.(C)

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The scepter(A) of the wicked will not remain(B)
    over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
    their hands to do evil.(C)

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Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
    they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(A)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
    and acts of violence(B) are in their hands.
Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(C)
They pursue evil schemes;(D)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(E)
The way of peace they do not know;(F)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(G)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.(H)

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