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Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burningfire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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For I heard the defaming of many,fear on every side.Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars*watched for my halting*, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatlyashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlastingconfusion shall never be forgotten.
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But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
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And let that man be as the cities which the LORDoverthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide*;