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-\v 1 I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury.
+\v 1 I am a man who has seen affliction under the rod of Yahweh's fury.
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 \v 2 He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light.
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 \v 13 He pierced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver.
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-\v 14 I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long.
+\v 14 I became a laughingstock to all my people, their taunting song all day long.
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-\v 15 He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood.
+\v 15 He filled me with bitter herbs and forced me to drink wormwood.
 
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 \v 16 He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes.
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-\v 17 My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
+\v 17 My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
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 \v 18 So I say, "My endurance has perished and so has my hope in Yahweh."
 
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 \v 23 they are new every morning; your faithfulness is great.
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-\v 24 "Yahweh is my inheritance," I said, therefore I will hope in him.
+\v 24 "Yahweh is my inheritance," says my soul, therefore I will hope in him.
 
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-\v 25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the one who seeks him.
+\v 25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
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 \v 26 It is good to wait silently for the salvation of Yahweh.
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 \v 35 to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,
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-\v 36 to deny justice to a person—the Lord would not approve such things!
+\v 36 to deprive a person of justice in his lawsuit—the Lord would not approve such things!
 
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 \v 44 You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.
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-\v 45 You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations.
+\v 45 You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the peoples.
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 \v 46 All our enemies curse us,
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-\v 48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed.
+\v 48 My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction my people.
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 \v 49 My eyes will shed tears without ceasing, without relief,
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-\v 51 My eyes cause me grief because of all the daughters of my city.
+\v 51 My eyes cause grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
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 \v 52 I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason.
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-\v 53 They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me,
+\v 53 They cut off my life in the pit, and they threw a stone on me,
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 \v 54 and they caused waters to overflow, covering my head. I said, 'I have been cut off!'
 
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-\v 58 Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life!
+\v 58 Lord, you defended my soul's case, you redeemed my life!
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 \v 59 Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case.
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 \v 60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. 
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-\v 61 You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plots regarding me.
+\v 61 You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plots regarding me.
 
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-\v 62 The lips and the accusations of my enemies come against me all the day.
+\v 62 The lips and the meditations of my enemies come against me all the day.
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 \v 63 Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs.
 
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-\v 64 Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done.
+\v 64 Pay back to them what they deserve, Yahweh, according to the deeds of their hands.
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 \v 65 You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them!
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