⁵ Your sin^(A) prompts your mouth;^(B)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.^(C)

⁸ Their tongue^(A) is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,^(B)
    but in their hearts they set traps^(C) for them.^(D)

³ “They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;^(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph^[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge^(B) me,”
declares the Lord.
⁴ “Beware of your friends;^(C)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.^(D)
For every one of them is a deceiver,^[b](E)
    and every friend a slanderer.^(F)
5 Friend deceives friend,^(G)
    and no one speaks the truth.^(H)
They have taught their tongues to lie;^(I)
    they weary themselves with sinning.

³ What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?

³ They sharpen their tongues like swords^(A)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(B)