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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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They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
    like the deaf adder that stops its ear,(A)

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Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(A)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

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but no one can tame the tongue—a restless[a] evil, full of deadly poison.(A)

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  1. 3.8 Other ancient authorities read uncontrollable

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.(A)

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