3 They make the king glad with their evil,

≈ and the leaders with their lies.

4 They’re all adulterers, like an oven overheated by the baker.

He shouldn’t have stoked the fire from the kneading of the dough until after it’s risen.

5 On our king’s day, the leaders became red in the face from the wine.

Then he joined in with those who were mocking.

6 Because with their hearts like an oven, they get closer to implementing their plot.

Their anger smoulders all night—in the morning it bursts into flame.

7 All of them are hot as an oven and they devour those who rule over them.

All their kings have fallen—none of them called to me for help.