New King James Version NKJV
New International Version NIV
13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the life of the poor From the hand of evildoers.
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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 Cursed be the day in which I was born! Let the day not be blessed in which my mother bore me!
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Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Let the man be cursed Who brought news to my father, saying, "A male child has been born to you!" 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 And let that man be like the cities Which the Lord overthrew, and did not relent; Let him hear the cry in the morning And the shouting at noon,
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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 kill me from the womb, That my mother might have been my grave, And her womb always enlarged with me.
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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 forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, That my days should be consumed 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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