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18 When you see a thief, you join him;[a]
you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.[b]
19 You do damage with words,[c]
and use your tongue to deceive.[d]
20 You plot against your brother;[e]
you slander your own brother.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:18 tn Heb “you run with him.”
  2. Psalm 50:18 tn Heb “and with adulterers [is] your portion.”
  3. Psalm 50:19 tn Heb “your mouth you send with evil.”
  4. Psalm 50:19 tn Heb “and your tongue binds together [i.e., “frames”] deceit.”
  5. Psalm 50:20 tn Heb “you sit, against your brother you speak.” To “sit” and “speak” against someone implies plotting against that person (see Ps 119:23).
  6. Psalm 50:20 tn Heb “against the son of your mother you give a fault.”