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Your hands are stained with blood,
    and your fingers are stained with sin.
    You speak lies,
    and you mutter wicked things.
No one calls for justice,
    and no one pleads his case truthfully.
    People trust pointless arguments and speak lies.
    They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
They hatch viper eggs
    and weave spiderwebs.
        Those who eat their eggs will die.
            When an egg is crushed, a poisonous snake is hatched.

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For your hands are stained with blood,(A)
    your fingers with guilt.(B)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(C)
    and your tongue mutters wicked things.
No one calls for justice;(D)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(E) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(F)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(G)
They hatch the eggs of vipers(H)
    and spin a spider’s web.(I)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
    and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

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