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I said, ‘Lord be kind to me
    and forgive me.
I have done wrong things against you,
    but please make me well again.’
My enemies say cruel things about me.
They say, ‘Surely he must die soon!
    Then everyone will forget about him.’
When they come to see me,
    they say that they are my friends.
But they think of ways to make me ashamed.
When they leave,
    they tell everyone bad things about me.

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I said, “Have mercy(A) on me, Lord;
    heal(B) me, for I have sinned(C) against you.”
My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?(D)
When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,(E) while his heart gathers slander;(F)
    then he goes out and spreads(G) it around.

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