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But my enemies say nothing but evil about me.
    “How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.

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My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?(A)

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We have happy memories of the godly,
    but the name of a wicked person rots away.

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The name of the righteous(A) is used in blessings,[a]
    but the name of the wicked(B) will rot.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

My enemies taunt me day after day.
    They mock and curse me.

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All day long my enemies(A) taunt me;(B)
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.(C)

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12 Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me.
    Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me.
    All day long they plan their treachery.

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12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(A)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(B)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(C)

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yet they will vanish forever,
    thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
    ‘Where are they?’

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he will perish forever,(A) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(B)

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17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth;
    no one will remember their names.

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17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(A)
    he has no name(B) in the land.(C)

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But I am a worm and not a man.
    I am scorned and despised by all!
Everyone who sees me mocks me.
    They sneer and shake their heads, saying,
“Is this the one who relies on the Lord?
    Then let the Lord save him!
If the Lord loves him so much,
    let the Lord rescue him!”

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But I am a worm(A) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,(B) despised(C) by the people.
All who see me mock me;(D)
    they hurl insults,(E) shaking their heads.(F)
“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.(G)
Let him deliver him,(H)
    since he delights(I) in him.”

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