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People cooperate to commit crime.
Judges and leaders demand bribes,
    and rulers cheat in court.[a]
The most honest of them
    is worse than a thorn patch.

Your doom has come!
Lookouts sound the warning,
    and everyone panics.
Don't trust anyone,
    not even your best friend,
and be careful what you say
    to the one you love.

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Footnotes

  1. 7.3 court: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 3.

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