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13 Sing to the Lord; praise the Lord! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hands 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 on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!
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Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, saying, "A child is born to you, a son," 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 Let that man be like the cities that the Lord overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm 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 in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great.
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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 toil and sorrow, and spend my days in 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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