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10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
    he has uprooted my hope like a tree.(A)

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10 He tears me down(A) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(B) like a tree.(C)

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20 The womb forgets them;
    the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
    so wickedness is broken like a tree.(A)

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20 The womb forgets them,
    the worm(A) feasts on them;(B)
the wicked are no longer remembered(C)
    but are broken like a tree.(D)

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35 I have seen the wicked oppressing
    and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.[a](A)
36 Again I[b] passed by, and they were no more;
    though I sought them, they could not be found.(B)

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  1. 37.35 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 37.36 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb he

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(B)

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We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed,

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We are hard pressed on every side,(A) but not crushed; perplexed,(B) but not in despair; persecuted,(C) but not abandoned;(D) struck down, but not destroyed.(E)

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14 If he tears down, no one can rebuild;
    if he shuts someone in, no one can open up.(A)

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14 What he tears down(A) cannot be rebuilt;(B)
    those he imprisons cannot be released.(C)

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The Lord has become like an enemy;
    he has destroyed Israel.
He has destroyed all its palaces,
    laid in ruins its strongholds,
and multiplied in daughter Judah
    mourning and lamentation.(A)

He has broken down his booth like a garden;
    he has destroyed his tabernacle;
the Lord has abolished in Zion
    festival and Sabbath
and in his fierce indignation has spurned
    king and priest.(B)

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The Lord is like an enemy;(A)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.(B)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(C)
    for Daughter Judah.(D)

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed(E) his place of meeting.(F)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(G)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.(H)

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11 My days are like a lengthening shadow;
    I wither away like grass.(A)

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11 My days are like the evening shadow;(A)
    I wither(B) away like grass.

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13 But I, O Lord, cry out to you;
    in the morning my prayer comes before you.(A)
14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
    Why do you hide your face from me?(B)
15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](C)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long;
    from all sides they close in on me.(D)
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
    my companions are in darkness.(E)

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  1. 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 But I cry to you for help,(A) Lord;
    in the morning(B) my prayer comes before you.(C)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject(D) me
    and hide your face(E) from me?

15 From my youth(F) I have suffered(G) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(H) and am in despair.(I)
16 Your wrath(J) has swept over me;
    your terrors(K) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(L)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(M) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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15 where then is my hope?
    Who will see my hope?(A)

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15 where then is my hope—(A)
    who can see any hope for me?(B)

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11 My days are past; my plans are broken off,
    the desires of my heart.(A)

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11 My days have passed,(A) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart(B)

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13 Such are the paths of all who forget God;
    the hope of the godless shall perish.(A)
14 Their confidence is gossamer,
    a spider’s house their trust.
15 If one leans against its house, it will not stand;
    if one lays hold of it, it will not endure.(B)
16 The wicked thrive[a] before the sun,
    and their shoots spread over the garden.(C)
17 Their roots twine around the stoneheap;
    they live among the rocks.[b]
18 If they are destroyed from their place,
    then it will deny them, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’(D)

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  1. 8.16 Heb He thrives
  2. 8.17 Gk Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 Such is the destiny(A) of all who forget God;(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.(C)
14 What they trust in is fragile[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.(D)
15 They lean on the web,(E) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(F)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(G) over the garden;(H)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(I) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(J)

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  1. Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
    and come to their end without hope.[a](A)

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  1. 7.6 Or as the thread runs out

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.(B)

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11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
    And what is my end, that I should be patient?(A)

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11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
    What prospects, that I should be patient?(A)

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