Political Intrigue and Conspiracy in the Palace

3  The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes,

the princes make him glad with their lies.

4  They are all like bakers,

they are like a smoldering oven;

they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire

until the kneaded dough is ready for baking.

5  At the celebration of their king,

his princes become inflamed with wine;

they conspire with evildoers.

6  They approach him, all the while plotting against him.

Their hearts are like an oven;

their anger smolders all night long,

but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.

7  All of them are blazing like an oven;

they devour their rulers.

All of their kings fall –

and none of them call on me!