17 He would crush me(A) with a storm(B)
    and multiply(C) my wounds for no reason.(D)

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12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(A)
He has made me his target;(B)
13     his archers surround me.(C)
Without pity, he pierces(D) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(E) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.(F)

15 “I have sewed sackcloth(G) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.(H)
16 My face is red with weeping,(I)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;(J)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(K)
    and my prayer is pure.(L)

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“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,(A)
    the Almighty,(B) who has made my life bitter,(C)
as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God(D) in my nostrils,
my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.(E)
I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(F)
I will maintain my innocence(G) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(H) will not reproach me as long as I live.(I)

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