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-\v 1 I, the one who am writing this, am a man whom Yahweh made to suffer,
+\v 1 I, the one who am writing this, am a man whom Yahweh made to suffer
 \q2 because he was angry.
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 \v 2 It was as though he caused me to walk in a very dark place
 \q2 without any light at all.
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-\v 3 He has punished me many times,
+\v 3 He has punished me many times—
 \q2 many times during each day.
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 \v 4 He has caused my skin and my flesh to become old.
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
 \v 6 It is as though he has buried me in a dark place
 \q2 like those who have been dead for a long time.
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-\v 7 It is as though he has built a prison wall around me,
+\v 7 It is as though he has built a prison wall around me
 \q2 and fastened me with heavy chains, so I cannot escape.
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 \v 8 Although I call out and cry out for him to help me,
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 \v 10 He has waited to attack me
 \q2 like a bear or a lion hides and waits to attack a man.
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-\v 11 It is as though a bear has dragged me off the path and mauled me,
+\v 11 It is as though a bear has dragged me off the path and mauled me
 \q2 and left me alone without help.
 
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@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 \q2 all during each day they sing songs that make fun of me.
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 \v 15 Yahweh has made me suffer greatly,
-\q2 like someone suffers after drinking something very bitter.
+\q2 as someone suffers after drinking something very bitter.
 
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@@ -472,13 +472,13 @@
 \v 28 Those who seek him to help them should sit by themselves and not complain,
 \q2 because they know that it is Yahweh who has allowed them to suffer.
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-\v 29 They should lie in the dirt, with their faces on the ground,
+\v 29 They should lie in the dirt with their faces on the ground
 \q2 because they can still hope that Yahweh will help them.
 
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 \v 30 If someone strikes us on one cheek,
-\q2 we should turn the other cheek toward that person in order that he may strike it, too,
+\q2 we should turn the other cheek toward that person so that he may strike it also
 \q2 and accept it when others insult us.
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 \v 31 The Lord does not abandon his people forever.
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
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 \v 34 If people mistreat and oppress all the prisoners,
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-\v 35 or if they rebel against God
+\v 35 if they rebel against God
 \q2 by refusing to do for others what is right,
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 \v 36 or if they cause judges to decide matters unjustly,
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
 \q2 we should turn back to Yahweh.
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 \v 41 We should pray with all our inner beings and lift up our arms
-\q2 toward God in heaven, and say,
+\q2 toward God in heaven and say,
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 \v 42 "We have sinned and rebelled against you,
 \q2 and you have not forgiven us.
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-\v 44 You have hidden yourself away, as if you were in a cloud,
+\v 44 You have hidden yourself away as if you were in a cloud
 \q2 so that you will not hear us when we pray.
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 \v 45 You have made us go among the foreign peoples,
 \q2 and they think we are only garbage.
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-\v 46 All our enemies have spoken things to insult us.
+\v 46 All of our enemies have spoken things to insult us.
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-\v 47 We are constantly afraid that people will trap us,
+\v 47 We are constantly afraid that people will trap us
 \q2 because we have experienced so many disasters and so much ruin.
 
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@@ -554,10 +554,10 @@
 \q2 because of what has happened to the women of my city.
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 \v 52 My enemies hunted for me
-\q2 like people hunt for a bird to kill it
+\q2 as people hunt for a bird to kill it
 \q1 even though there was no reason for them to do that.
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-\v 53 They threw me into a pit to kill me,
+\v 53 They threw me into a pit to kill me
 \q2 and placed a heavy stone over the top of it.
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 \v 54 The water in the pit rose above my head,
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
 \q2 all during the day.
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 \v 63 Look at them! Whatever they are doing at the moment,
-\q2 they make fun of me by the songs that they sing.
+\q2 they make fun of me by the songs they sing.
 
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@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 \q2 and you punish them by taking away their shame.
 \q2 That is why your curse is upon them.
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-\v 66 Because you are angry with them, pursue them and get rid of them,
+\v 66 Because you are angry with them, pursue them and get rid of them
 \q2 until none of them remain on the earth."
 
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 \v 10 Women who usually acted with love and compassion
 \q2 have killed and cooked their own children;
-\q1 they ate them when there was no other food,
+\q1 they ate them when there was no other food
 \q2 when Jerusalem was being destroyed by attacking armies.
 
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 \v 11 Yahweh has shown to everyone how angry he was with his people!
-\q1 His anger spread like a fire in Zion (the city of Jerusalem)
+\q1 His anger spread like a fire in Zion—the city of Jerusalem—
 \q2 that burned the city down to its rock foundations.
 
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@@ -722,11 +722,11 @@
 \q2 or hid in the desert,
 \q2 they went there ahead of us and waited to attack us.
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-\v 20 Our king, whom Yahweh had appointed,
+\v 20 Our king whom Yahweh had appointed,
 \q2 the one who enabled us to live,
 \q1 the one whom we trusted to protect us
 \q2 when we had to live in the other nations as slaves—
-\q1 the enemy captured him,
+\q1 the enemy captured him
 \q2 as you would capture an animal in a pit.
 
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@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
 \q1 but Yahweh will punish you also.
 \q2 You will become so drunk that you will strip off your own clothes.
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-\v 22 You people of Zion (whose home is in Jerusalem),
+\v 22 You people of Zion, whose home is in Jerusalem,
 \q2 the time when Yahweh punishes you for your sins will come to an end.
 \q1 He will bring an end to the time you must spend in exile.
 \q2 But you people who are from Edom, Yahweh will punish you for your sins
@@ -751,10 +751,10 @@
 \v 2 Foreigners have seized our property,
 \q2 and now they live in our homes.
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-\v 3 Our enemies have killed our fathers,
+\v 3 Our enemies have killed our fathers
 \q2 and caused our mothers to become widows.
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-\v 4 Now they make us pay for water to drink,
+\v 4 Now they make us pay for water to drink
 \q2 and pay for firewood.
 
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@@ -766,14 +766,14 @@
 \q2 we begged Egypt and Assyria to help us.
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 \v 7 Our ancestors sinned, and now they are dead,
-\q2 but we are suffering for the sins that they committed.
+\q2 but we are suffering for the sins they committed.
 
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 \v 8 Now the people who rule over us are themselves slaves to their own masters in Babylon.
 \q2 There is no one who can rescue us from their power.
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-\v 9 We go far to look for food, but we are in danger of dying when we do so,
+\v 9 We go far to look for food, but we are in danger of dying when we do so
 \q2 because of the robbers who live in the wilderness.
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 \v 10 Our skin has become hot like an oven,
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@
 \v 15 We are no longer joyful;
 \q2 instead of dancing joyfully, we now mourn.
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-\v 16 The wreaths of flowers have fallen off our heads.
+\v 16 The wreaths of flowers have fallen off of our heads.
 \q2 Terrible things have happened to us because of the sins that we committed.
 
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