Common English Bible CEB
New International Version NIV
18 Earth, don't cover my blood; let my outcry never cease.
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“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
19 Surely now my witness stands in heaven; my advocate is on high;
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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
20 my go-between, my friend. While my eyes drip tears to God,
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My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21 let him plead with God for a human being, like a person pleads for a friend.
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on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
22 A number of years will surely pass, and then I'll walk a path that I won't return.
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“Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.
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