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People stand around me and laugh at me.
    I watch them as they tease and insult me.

“God, give me some support.
    No one else will!
You have closed my friends’ minds,
    and they don’t understand.
    Please don’t let them win.

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Surely mockers(A) surround me;(B)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(C)
    Who else will put up security(D) for me?(E)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(F)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.

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