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I think to myself, “I can forget Yahweh
    and no longer speak his name.”
    But his word is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones.
    I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.
10 I have heard many people whispering,
    “Terror is everywhere!
        Report him! Let’s report him!”
    All my closest friends are waiting to see me stumble.
    They say, “Maybe he will be tricked.
        Then we can overpower him and take revenge on him.”
11 But Yahweh is on my side like a terrifying warrior.
    That is why those who persecute me will stumble. They can’t win.
        They will be very ashamed that they can’t succeed.
            Their eternal shame will not be forgotten.

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But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(C)
    indeed, I cannot.
10 I hear many whispering,
    “Terror(D) on every side!
    Denounce(E) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends(F)
    are waiting for me to slip,(G) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail(H) over him
    and take our revenge(I) on him.”

11 But the Lord(J) is with me like a mighty warrior;
    so my persecutors(K) will stumble and not prevail.(L)
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;(M)
    their dishonor will never be forgotten.

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