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15 Terrors are turned upon me;
    my honor is pursued as by the wind,
    and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.(A)

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15 Terrors(A) overwhelm me;(B)
    my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
    my safety vanishes like a cloud.(C)

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Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
    or like the dew that goes away early,
like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
    or like smoke from a window.(A)

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Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(A)
    like chaff(B) swirling from a threshing floor,(C)
    like smoke(D) escaping through a window.

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22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.(A)

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22 I have swept away(A) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(B) to me,
    for I have redeemed(C) you.”

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For the arrows of the Almighty[a] are in me;
    my spirit drinks their poison;
    the terrors of God are arrayed against me.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

The arrows(A) of the Almighty(B) are in me,(C)
    my spirit drinks(D) in their poison;(E)
    God’s terrors(F) are marshaled against me.(G)

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Impenitence of Israel and Judah

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes away early.(A)

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“What can I do with you, Ephraim?(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.(B)

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15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain

15 From my youth(A) I have suffered(B) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(C) and am in despair.(D)

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My heart is in anguish within me;
    the terrors of death have fallen upon me.(A)
Fear and trembling come upon me,
    and horror overwhelms me.(B)

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My heart is in anguish(A) within me;
    the terrors(B) of death have fallen on me.
Fear and trembling(C) have beset me;
    horror(D) has overwhelmed me.

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23 For I was in terror of calamity from God,
    and I could not have faced his majesty.(A)

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23 For I dreaded destruction from God,(A)
    and for fear of his splendor(B) I could not do such things.(C)

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16 Bold as a lion you hunt me;
    you repeat your exploits against me.(A)

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16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(A)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(B)

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27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint;
    I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,’
28 I become afraid of all my suffering,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.

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27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(A)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(B) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.(C)

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14 then you scare me with dreams
    and terrify me with visions,(A)

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14 even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify(A) me with visions,(B)

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As the cloud fades and vanishes,
    so those who go down to Sheol do not come up;(A)

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As a cloud vanishes(A) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave(B) does not return.(C)

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25 Truly the thing that I fear comes upon me,
    and what I dread befalls me.

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25 What I feared has come upon me;
    what I dreaded(A) has happened to me.(B)

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