22 But (A)for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are regarded as (B)sheep to be slaughtered.

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22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep(A) to be slaughtered.(B)

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Because (A)for Your sake I have endured disgrace;
(B)Dishonor has covered my face.
I have become (C)estranged [a]from my brothers,
And a stranger to my mother’s sons.
For (D)zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And (E)the taunts of those who taunt You have fallen on me.

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  1. Psalm 69:8 Lit to

For I endure scorn(A) for your sake,(B)
    and shame covers my face.(C)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(D)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(E)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(F)

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For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I (A)proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the (B)word of the Lord has [a]resulted
In taunting and derision all day long.

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  1. Jeremiah 20:8 Lit become

Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach(B) all day long.

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