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Everyone says ... everyone speaks
The two occurrences of "everyone" are exaggerations, used to emphasize that this is true of very many people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
everyone speaks with flattering lips and a double heart
Here "lips" is a metonym for what people say, and "a double heart" is a metaphor for deception. AT: "everyone speaks with flattering words and deception" or "everyone praises people falsely and tells lies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
cut off all flattering lips
Here "flattering lips" is a metonym for people who flatter others. Possible meanings are 1) "cut off" is a metaphor for killing. AT: "kill all who flatter others" or 2) "cut off" is a metaphor for stopping something. AT: "stop all those who flatter others" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
every tongue declaring great things
Here "every tongue" represents every person who declares great things. AT: "every person who boasts" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
With our tongues will we prevail
Here the word "tongues" represents what people say. AT: "We will prevail because of what we say" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
will we prevail
"we will succeed" or "we will win" or "we will be victorious"
When our lips speak
Here the "lips" represents the people who speak. AT: "When we speak" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
who can be master over us?
This rhetorical question is asked to emphasize that they believed no one could rule over them. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "no one can rule over us!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)