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32 The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

34 Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, …

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32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler(A)
33 if I have concealed(B) my sin as people do,[a]
    by hiding(C) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(D)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(E) and would not go outside—

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  1. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did