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[a]They set their mouths against the heavens,
    their tongues roam the earth.

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  1. 73:9 They set their mouths against the heavens: in an image probably derived from mythic stories of half-divine giants, the monstrous speech of the wicked is likened to enormous jaws gaping wide, devouring everything in sight.

Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.

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