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

¹⁸ The words of the reckless pierce like swords,^(A)
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing.^(B)

⁷ Let them vanish like water that flows away;^(A)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.^(B)

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.