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They sharpen their tongues like swords
    and aim their bitter words like arrows.

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They sharpen their tongues to use like swords.
    They aim their poisonous words like arrows.

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2-6 Don’t let them find me—
    the conspirators out to get me,
Using their tongues as weapons,
    flinging poison words,
    poison-tipped arrow-words.
They shoot from ambush,
    shoot without warning,
    not caring who they hit.
They keep fit doing calisthenics
    of evil purpose,
They keep lists of the traps
    they’ve secretly set.
They say to each other,
    “No one can catch us,
    no one can detect our perfect crime.”
The Detective detects the mystery
    in the dark of the cellar heart.

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

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