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18 When you see a thief, you join him;[a]
you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.[b]
19 You do damage with words,[c]
and use your tongue to deceive.[d]
20 You plot against your brother;[e]
you slander your own brother.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:18 tn Heb “you run with him.”
  2. Psalm 50:18 tn Heb “and with adulterers [is] your portion.”
  3. Psalm 50:19 tn Heb “your mouth you send with evil.”
  4. Psalm 50:19 tn Heb “and your tongue binds together [i.e., “frames”] deceit.”
  5. Psalm 50:20 tn Heb “you sit, against your brother you speak.” To “sit” and “speak” against someone implies plotting against that person (see Ps 119:23).
  6. Psalm 50:20 tn Heb “against the son of your mother you give a fault.”

18 When you see a thief, you join(A) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.(B)
19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(C)
20 You sit and testify against your brother(D)
    and slander your own mother’s son.

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