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16 As your words came to me,
    I took them into me like sweet food.
I belong to you, Lord, God Almighty,
    so your words made me very happy.
17 When people were enjoying wild parties,
    I did not join with them.
I sat alone, because you held me.
    You caused me to be angry with those people.
18 I am in pain which never ends.
    People have hurt me and nothing makes it better.
Why are you not there to help me?
    You are like a stream that becomes dry
    and it has no water.’

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16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
    Lord God Almighty.
17 I never sat(D) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(E) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.
18 Why is my pain unending
    and my wound grievous and incurable?(F)
You are to me like a deceptive brook,
    like a spring that fails.(G)

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