The Bible in Basic English BBE
New International Version NIV
13 Make melody to the Lord, give praise to the Lord: for he has made the soul of the poor man free from the hands of the evil-doers.
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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 A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.
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Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.
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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 May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;
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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 did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.
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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 from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with 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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