Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.(A)

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)

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I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down among devouring lions—
people whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.(A)

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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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who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,(A)

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They sharpen their tongues like swords(A)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(B)

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