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13     his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
    he pours out my gall on the ground.(A)

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13     his archers surround me.(A)
Without pity, he pierces(B) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.

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My eyes waste away because of grief;
    they grow weak because of all my foes.(A)

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My eyes grow weak(A) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

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14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
    it is melted within my breast;(A)

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14 I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.(A)
My heart has turned to wax;(B)
    it has melted(C) within me.

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20 Look, O Lord, at how distressed I am;
    my stomach churns;
my heart is wrung within me
    because I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword bereaves;
    in the house it is like death.(A)

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20 “See, Lord, how distressed(A) I am!
    I am in torment(B) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,(C)
    for I have been most rebellious.(D)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
    inside, there is only death.(E)

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48 My eyes flow with rivers of tears
    because of the destruction of my people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3.48 Heb the daughter of my people

48 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes(B)
    because my people are destroyed.(C)

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The tongue of the infant sticks
    to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
the children beg for food,
    but there is nothing for them.(A)

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Because of thirst(A) the infant’s tongue
    sticks to the roof of its mouth;(B)
the children beg for bread,
    but no one gives it to them.(C)

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