I don't like your men watching us, trying to catch us with our backs turned.

Land mines are among the most insidious weapons commonly used in war.

A more subtle and insidious threat is the widening of disparities between North and South.

Yes, you didn't hear yes, you didn't know yes, from of old your ear was not opened for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and was called a transgressor from the womb.

Yea, thou heardest not yea, thou knewest not yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you yet I would reason the cause with you why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

These threats we can all see are compounded by even more insidious but no less dangerous ones poverty and economic stagnation, despair, the environmental degradation, pandemics and the drugs trade.