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He says to himself, ‘There will be no trouble for me.
    Nothing bad will ever happen to me or to my children.’
Plenty of lies come from his mouth,
    and he curses people.
The bad words that he speaks are very cruel,
    and they hurt people.
He hides near the villages,
    so that he can jump out and catch people.
He watches in secret to find a weak person that he can kill.
    He murders people who have done nothing wrong.

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He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(A)

His mouth is full(B) of lies and threats;(C)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(D)
He lies in wait(E) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(F)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;

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He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

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