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12 They change the night into day,
    saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol[a] as my house,
    if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
    to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

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Footnotes

  1. 17:13 Sheol is the place of the dead.

12 turn night into day;(A)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.(B)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(C)
    if I spread out my bed(D) in the realm of darkness,(E)
14 if I say to corruption,(F) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(G) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

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