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May I never come into their council;
    may I not be joined to their company,
for in their anger they killed men,
    and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.(A)

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Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(A)
for they have killed men in their anger(B)
    and hamstrung(C) oxen as they pleased.

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30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”(A)

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30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble(A) on me by making me obnoxious(B) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.(C) We are few in number,(D) and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

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Do not sweep me away with sinners
    nor my life with the bloodthirsty,(A)

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Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
    my life with those who are bloodthirsty,(A)

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Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
    my body also rests secure.(A)

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Therefore my heart is glad(A) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,(B)

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The Temple of the Living God

14 Do not be mismatched with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? Or what partnership is there between light and darkness?(A)

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Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C)

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19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A)

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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

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17 I did not sit in the company of merrymakers,
    nor did I rejoice;
under the weight of your hand I sat alone,
    for you had filled me with indignation.(A)

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17 I never sat(A) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(B) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.

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Sorrow for a Doomed Nation

19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
    Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
    I cannot keep silent,
for I[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
    the alarm of war.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.19 Or for you, O my soul,

19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!(A)
    I writhe in pain.(B)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds(C) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.(D)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;(E)
    I have heard the battle cry.(F)

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Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the scheming of evildoers,(A)

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Hide me from the conspiracy(A) of the wicked,(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.

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    Awake, my soul!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn.(A)

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Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!(A)
    I will awaken the dawn.

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I do not sit with the worthless,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites;(A)
I hate the company of evildoers
    and will not sit with the wicked.(B)

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I do not sit(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.(B)
I abhor(C) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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The thoughts of the righteous are just;
    the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

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The plans of the righteous are just,
    but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

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15 my child, do not walk in their way;
    keep your foot from their paths,(A)
16 for their feet run to evil,
    and they hurry to shed blood.(B)

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15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(C)
    they are swift to shed blood.(D)

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