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17 Yet I have done no wrong, 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, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.
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“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
19 Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high.
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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
20 My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God.
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My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21 I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.
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on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
22 For soon I must go down that road from which I will never return.
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“Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.
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