muq describes people acting in mockery while speaking evil and oppressive words.

The attested use depicts a group engaging in mockery in a clause that also describes evil and oppressive speech.

1. Mocking through hostile speech · dominant

   In Psalm 73:8, the Hiphil imperfect masculine plural form occurs in a statement about people who mock and speak evil; the APB renders the verse, “They mock and speak with evil; they speak oppression from on high.”

   Psalm 73:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 73:8, the APB presents the clause with “They mock” alongside evil and oppressive speech. It cannot establish a finer English rendering for the individual Hebrew form.