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I am like a stranger
    to my relatives
and like a foreigner
    to my own family.

(A) My love for your house
    burns in me like a fire,
and when others insult you,
    they insulted me as well.
10 I cried and went without food,[a]
    but they still insulted me.

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Footnotes

  1. 69.10 went without food: See the note at 35.13.

I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(B)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(C)
10 When I weep and fast,(D)
    I must endure scorn;

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14 Don't let me sink in the mud,
but save me from my enemies
    and from the deep water.

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14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(A)

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17 Don't turn away from me.
I am your servant,
    and I am in trouble.
Please hurry and help!

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17 Do not hide your face(A) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(B) for I am in trouble.(C)

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33 The Lord will listen
    when the homeless cry out,
and he will never forget
    his people in prison.

34 Heaven and earth
    will praise our God,
and so will the oceans
    and everything in them.
35 God will rescue Jerusalem,
and he will rebuild
    the towns of Judah.
His people will live there
    on their own land,

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33 The Lord hears the needy(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(B)
35 for God will save Zion(C)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.(D)
Then people will settle there and possess it;

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