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19 Give heed to me, Yahweh,
    and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Should evil be recompensed for good?
    For they have dug a pit for my soul.
Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them,
    to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine,
    and give them over to the power of the sword.
Let their wives become childless and widows.
    Let their men be killed
    and their young men struck 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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