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11 Disaster lives inside it;
    oppression and fraud never leave the town square.

12 It’s not an enemy that is insulting me—
    I could handle that.
It’s not someone who hates me
    who is exalted over me—
    I could hide from them.
13 No. It’s you, my equal,
    my close companion, my good friend!

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