Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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12 Lord of Hosts, testing the righteous and seeing the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to You.
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LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord, for He rescues the life of the needy from the hand of evil people.
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Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.
14 Cursed be the day on which I was born. The day my mother bore me- let it never be blessed.
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Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, saying, "A male child is born to you," bringing him great joy.
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Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!”
16 Let that man be like the cities the Lord overthrew without compassion. Let him hear an outcry in the morning and a war cry at noontime
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May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.
17 because he didn't kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, her womb eternally pregnant.
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For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever.
18 Why did I come out of the womb to see [only] struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame?
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Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?
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