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1 I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the LORD's anger.
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1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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2 He has brought me into deep darkness, shutting out all light.
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2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
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3 He has turned against me. Day and night his hand is heavy upon me.
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3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
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4 He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
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4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.
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5 He has attacked me and surrounded me with anguish and distress.
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5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
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6 He has buried me in a dark place, like a person long dead.
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6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
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| Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online) |
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