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19 You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    and your tongue frames deceit.

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19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(A)

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I lie down among lions
    that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
    their tongues sharp swords.(A)

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  1. 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for

I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

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