“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)

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

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“God has made me a byword(A) to everyone,(B)
    a man in whose face people spit.(C)

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19 All my intimate friends(A) detest me;(B)
    those I love have turned against me.(C)

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21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(A) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(B) me.

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Bear with me while I speak,
    and after I have spoken, mock on.(A)

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30 “But now they mock me,(A)
    men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
    to put with my sheep dogs.(B)

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10 They detest me(A) and keep their distance;
    they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(B)

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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.

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20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(A) but I found none.(B)

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17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(A) how can the love of God be in that person?(B)

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