19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    (A)and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
    you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I (B)have been silent;
    you thought that I[a] was one like yourself.
But now I (C)rebuke you and (D)lay the charge before you.

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  1. Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am

19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(A)
20 You sit and testify against your brother(B)
    and slander your own mother’s son.
21 When you did these things and I kept silent,(C)
    you thought I was exactly[a] like you.
But I now arraign(D) you
    and set my accusations(E) before you.

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  1. Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I am’ was