20 My friends (A)scorn me;
    my eye pours out tears to God,

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;

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  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

In the days of his flesh, (A)Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with loud cries and tears, to him (C)who was able to save him from death, and (D)he was heard because of his reverence.

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  1. Hebrews 5:7 Greek he

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions(A) with fervent cries and tears(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard(C) because of his reverent submission.(D)

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I (A)pour out my complaint before him;
    I tell my trouble before him.

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I pour out before him my complaint;(A)
    before him I tell my trouble.(B)

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11 But they were filled with (A)fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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12 In these days (B)he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

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11 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious(A) and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.(C)

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In return for my love they (A)accuse me,
    but I (B)give myself to prayer.[a]

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  1. Psalm 109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer

In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.(A)

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Surely there are mockers about me,
    and my eye dwells on their (A)provocation.

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Surely mockers(A) surround me;(B)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

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I also could speak as you do,
    if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
    and (A)shake my head at you.

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I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head(A) at you.

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I am (A)a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who (B)called to God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
In the thought of one who is (C)at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
    it is ready for those whose feet slip.

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“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)
Those who are at ease have contempt(E) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(F)

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He strove with the angel and prevailed;
    he wept and sought his favor.
(A)He met God[a] at Bethel,
    and there God spoke with us—
the Lord, the God of hosts,
    (B)the Lord is his memorial name:

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  1. Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him

He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(A)
    and talked with him there—
the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!(B)

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