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Mockers surround me;
    I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.
Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf.
    Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?

“Because you’re the one who closed their hearts to compassion;[a]
    therefore, you won’t let them triumph.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:4 Lit. understanding

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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