A slanderer shall not be established in the land] Cp. Psalms 101:5.

to overthrowhim] Again the idea is that of the evil which he devises for others relentlessly pursuing him, lit. with thrust upon thrust. Cp. Psalms 35:5-6; Proverbs 13:21. The Targ. paraphrases, "misfortune shall hunt the violent man; the angel of death shall drive him down to hell."

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