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The head of the compass of them; the travail of their lips shall cover them. (As for the leaders of those who surround me; let the treachery of their own lips ensnare them.)

10 Coals shall fall on them, thou shalt cast them down into fire; in(to) wretchednesses (where) they shall not (be able to) stand. (Let burning coals fall upon them, and be they thrown down into the fire; yea, into a wretchedness from which they shall never be able to escape.)

11 A man that is a great jangler shall not be (well-) directed in earth (A man who is a great gossip, or a slanderer, shall not be successful in the world); evils shall take an unjust man in(to) perishing.

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Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(A)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(B)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(C)

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