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19 Pay heed to me, O Lord,
    and listen to what my adversaries are saying.
20 Should good be repaid with evil?
    Now they are digging a pit for me.
Remember how I stood before you,
    interceding on their behalf
    and begging you to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Therefore, give their children over to famine
    and abandon them to the power of the sword.
Let their wives become childless and widowed;
    let their men die of pestilence
    and their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

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19 Listen to me, Lord;
    hear what my accusers(A) are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?(B)
    Yet they have dug a pit(C) for me.
Remember that I stood(D) before you
    and spoke in their behalf(E)
    to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;(F)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.(G)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(H)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men(I) slain by the sword in battle.

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