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17 It would be as if you had sealed my sins in a bag.
    It would be as if you had covered my guilt with plaster.

18 “Mountains fall and crumble away.
    Large rocks break loose and fall.
19 Water flowing over stones wears them down.
    Floods wash away the soil on the ground.
    In the same way, God, you destroy the hope people have.

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17 My offenses will be sealed(A) up in a bag;(B)
    you will cover over my sin.(C)

18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(D)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,(E)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(F) wash away the soil,(G)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(H)

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