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 \v 2 I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack in the desert,
 \q because they have not remained faithful to Yahweh; they are a mob of people who deceive others.
 \q
-\v 3 They use their tongues to tell lies like people shoot arrows with bows.
-\q They are not powerful because they are faithful, but go about doing wicked things. "They do not know me," Yahweh has said.
+\v 3 They use their tongues to tell lies just as people shoot arrows with bows.
+\q They are powerful, but not because they are faithful, but they go about doing wicked things. "They do not know me," Yahweh says.
 
 \s5
 \q