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20 “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer.
    I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
21 You have become cruel toward me.
    You use your power to persecute me.
22 You throw me into the whirlwind
    and destroy me in the storm.
23 And I know you are sending me to my death—
    the destination of all who live.

24 “Surely no one would turn against the needy
    when they cry for help in their trouble.
25 Did I not weep for those in trouble?
    Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?
26 So I looked for good, but evil came instead.
    I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

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20 “I cry out to you,(A) God, but you do not answer;(B)
    I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(C)
    with the might of your hand(D) you attack me.(E)
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;(F)
    you toss me about in the storm.(G)
23 I know you will bring me down to death,(H)
    to the place appointed for all the living.(I)

24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(J)
    when he cries for help in his distress.(K)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(L)
    Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(M)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.(N)

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