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11 Wickedness is at the center of it;
    fraud and lies never leave its streets.

12 For it is not an enemy who insults me—
    I could have handled that—
nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me—
    I could have hidden myself from him—
13 but it is you—
    a man whom I treated as my equal—
my personal confidant,
    my close friend!

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11 Destructive forces(A) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies(B) never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,(C)

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