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My enemies wonder in malice
    when I will die and my name perish.(A)

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

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The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.(A)

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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.

All day long my enemies taunt me;
    those who deride me use my name for a curse.(A)

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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 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
    those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin
    and meditate on treachery all day long.(A)

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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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they will perish forever like their own dung;
    those who have seen them will say, ‘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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But I am a worm and not human,
    scorned by others and despised by the people.(A)
All who see me mock me;
    they sneer at me; they shake their heads;(B)
“Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver—
    let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”(C)

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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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17 Their memory perishes from the earth,
    and they have no name in the street.(A)

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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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