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How long will you assail a person,
    will you batter your victim, all of you,
    as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?(A)

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How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall,(A) this tottering fence?

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who plan evil things in their minds
    and stir up wars continually.(A)

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who devise evil plans(A) in their hearts
    and stir up war(B) every day.

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“How long will you judge unjustly
    and show partiality to the wicked? Selah(A)

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“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(A) to the wicked?[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart clean of wickedness
    so that you may be saved.
How long shall your evil schemes
    lodge within you?(A)

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14 Jerusalem, wash(A) the evil from your heart and be saved.(B)
    How long(C) will you harbor wicked thoughts?

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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?(A)

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22 “How long will you who are simple(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(B) knowledge?

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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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11 If they plan evil against you,
    if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.(A)

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11 Though they plot evil(A) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,(B) they cannot succeed.

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15 It was I who trained and strengthened their arms,
    yet they plot evil against me.(A)

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15 I trained(A) them and strengthened their arms,
    but they plot evil(B) against me.

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13 therefore this iniquity shall become for you
    like a break in a high wall, bulging out and about to collapse,
    whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant;(A)
14 its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel
    that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a sherd is found
    for taking fire from the hearth
    or dipping water out of the cistern.(B)

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13 this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,(A) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses(B) suddenly,(C) in an instant.
14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(D)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame?
    How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah(A)

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How long will you people turn my glory(A) into shame?(B)
    How long will you love delusions and seek false gods[a]?[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:2 Or seek lies
  2. Psalm 4:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.

28 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and instructions?(A)

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28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you[a] refuse to keep my commands(A) and my instructions?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.

How long will you lie there, O lazybones?
    When will you rise from your sleep?(A)

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How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?

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18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.(A)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!(B)
20 They are[a] like a dream when one awakes;
    on awaking you despise their phantoms.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 73.20 Cn: Heb Lord

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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