They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips and with a double heart have they spoken.
If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the [unyieldingly] righteous do, or what has He [the Righteous One] wrought or accomplished?
When the very bottom of things falls out, what can a righteous person possibly accomplish?
They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.