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Psalm 55:21

“His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.”

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¹⁹God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.

²⁰My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

²¹His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

²²Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

²³But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

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