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12 They pay me back evil for good,
    and I sink in despair.
13 But when they were sick, I dressed in mourning;
    I deprived myself of food;
I prayed with my head bowed low,
14     as I would pray for a friend or a brother.
I went around bent over in mourning,
    as one who mourns for his mother.

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12 They repay me evil for good(A)
    and leave me like one bereaved.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth(B)
    and humbled myself with fasting.(C)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
14     I went about mourning(D)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.

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