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Psalm 12:2-4
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2 Everyone ·lies [L speaks falsehood] to his neighbors;
    they ·say one thing and mean another [speak with flattering lips and with a double heart/L heart and heart].
3 The Lord will ·stop [L cut off] those flattering lips
    and those bragging tongues.
4 They say, “Our tongues will ·help us win [prevail].
    ·We can say what we wish [L Our lips belong to us]; ·no one [L who…?] is our master.”

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Psalm 12:2-4
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2 Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips(C)
    and every boastful tongue—(D)
4 those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(E)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

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