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14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
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Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.
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“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness;
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My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;
17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
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yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18 "O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
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“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
20 My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,
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My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor.
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on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
22 For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
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“Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.
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