²¹ His ^(A)speech was ^(B)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were ^(C)drawn swords.

⁷ There they are, ^(A)bellowing with their mouths
    with ^(B)swords in their lips—
    for ^(C)“Who,” they think,^[a] “will hear us?”

³ who ^(A)whet their tongues like swords,
    who ^(B)aim bitter words like arrows,

^18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings ^(B)healing.