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4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
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Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
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Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
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For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children;
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
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When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
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Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
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But I pray to you, LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
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