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And he clothed himself with cursing like his vestment; so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones;
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Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.
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Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
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But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:
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For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
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My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;
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And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.
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Help me, Jehovah my God; save me according to thy loving-kindness:
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That they may know that this is thy hand; that *thou*, Jehovah, hast done it.
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Let *them* curse, but bless *thou*; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.