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You know what people say:
    ‘A man neglects his own children to help his friends.’[a]
    But my friends have turned against me.
God has made my name a bad word to everyone.
    People spit in my face.
My eyes are almost blind from my grief.
    My whole body is as thin as a shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:5 You know … friends Literally, “He promises a share to his friends and his children’s eyes go blind.”

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