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For eachtime I speak, I cryaloud; I proclaimviolence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In reproach and derisionallday long.
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But if I say, "I will not remember Him Or speakanymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burningfireShut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannotendure it.
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For I have heard the whispering of many, "Terror on everyside! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!" All my trustedfriends*, Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him."
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But the LORD is with me like a dreadchampion; Therefore* my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterlyashamed, because they have failed, With an everlastingdisgrace that will not be forgotten.
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Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous, Who see the mind and the heart; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You I have setforth my cause.