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14 For all day long I have been plagued
    and am punished every morning.(A)

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In this you rejoice,[a] even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,(A)

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  1. 1.6 Or Rejoice in this

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—

“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
    or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)

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You only have I known
    of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
    for all your iniquities.(A)

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18 Why is my pain unceasing,
    my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Truly, you are to me like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail.(A)

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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,(A)

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19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    but the Lord rescues them from them all.(A)

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17 You renew your witnesses against me
    and increase your vexation toward me;
    you bring fresh troops against me.[a](A)

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  1. 10.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb toward me; changes and a troop are with me

Does it seem good to you to oppress,
    to despise the work of your hands
    and favor the schemes of the wicked?(A)

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18 visit them every morning,
    test them every moment?

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so I am allotted months of emptiness,
    and nights of misery are apportioned to me.(A)
When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I rise?’
    But the night is long,
    and I am full of tossing until dawn.(B)

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