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.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think

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

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

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Your (A)tongue plots destruction,
    like (B)a sharp razor, you (C)worker of deceit.

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(A)Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
    (B)it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth (C)each speaks peace to his neighbor,
    but in his heart (D)he plans an ambush for him.

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