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13 But he stands alone and who can dissuade him? What he desires, that he does.
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“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
14 For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind
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He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
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That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
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God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 If only I could vanish in darkness, and thick darkness would cover my face!
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Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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