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It is for your sake that I have borne reproach,
    that shame has covered my face.(A)
I have become a stranger to my kindred,
    an alien to my mother’s children.(B)

It is zeal for your house that has consumed me;
    the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.(C)
10 When I humbled my soul with fasting,[a]
    they insulted me for doing so.(D)

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  1. 69.10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept, with fasting my soul, or I made my soul mourn with fasting

16 Answer me, O Lord, for your steadfast love is good;
    according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.(A)
17 Do not hide your face from your servant,
    for I am in distress—make haste to answer me.(B)
18 Draw near to me; redeem me;
    set me free because of my enemies.

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