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12 For you will put them to flight;
    you will aim at their faces with your bows.(A)

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12 You will make them turn their backs(A)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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12 If one does not repent, God[a] will whet his sword;
    he has bent and strung his bow;(A)
13 he has prepared his deadly weapons,
    making his arrows fiery shafts.(B)

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  1. 7.12 Heb he

12 If he does not relent,(A)
    he[a] will sharpen his sword;(B)
    he will bend and string his bow.(C)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.(D)

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God

40 You made my enemies turn their backs to me,
    and those who hated me I destroyed.(A)

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40 You made my enemies turn their backs(A) in flight,
    and I destroyed(B) my foes.

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12 he bent his bow and set me
    as a mark for his arrow.(A)

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12 He drew his bow(A)
    and made me the target(B) for his arrows.(C)

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But God will shoot his arrow at them;
    they will be wounded suddenly.

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But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.

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Then my enemies will retreat
    in the day when I call.
    This I know, that[a] God is for me.(A)

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  1. 56.9 Or because

Then my enemies will turn back(A)
    when I call for help.(B)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(C)

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10 You made us turn back from the foe,
    and our enemies have gotten spoil.(A)

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10 You made us retreat(A) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered(B) us.

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When my enemies turned back,
    they stumbled and perished before you.(A)

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My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.

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12 I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;(A)
13     his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
    he pours out my gall on the ground.(B)

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12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(A)
He has made me his target;(B)
13     his archers surround me.(C)
Without pity, he pierces(D) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.

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20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity?
    Why have you made me your target?
    Why have I become a burden to you?(A)

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20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(A)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(B)
    Have I become a burden to you?[a](C)

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  1. Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.

14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.(A)

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14 He shot his arrows(A) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(B) he routed them.(C)

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