21 (A)I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”

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21 And he said, (A)“Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I (B)return. The Lord (C)gave, and the Lord has taken away; (D)blessed be the name of the Lord.”

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(A)The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    (B)he brings low and he exalts.
(C)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(D)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
(E)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

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And he has shriveled me up,
    which is (A)a witness against me,
and my (B)leanness has risen up against me;
    it testifies to my face.

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26 For you (A)write bitter things against me
    and make me inherit (B)the iniquities of my youth.

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17 You renew your (A)witnesses against me
    and increase your vexation toward me;
    you (B)bring fresh troops against me.

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“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

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