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who whet their tongues like swords,
    who aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from ambush at the blameless;
    they shoot suddenly and without fear.
They hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, ‘Who can see us?[a]

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  1. Psalm 64:5 Syr: Heb them

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