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I have not wanted to love any woman
    except my wife.
I have not hidden outside my friend's house
    to wait for his wife to be alone.
10 If I had done those things,
    my wife should prepare food for another man.
It would be right for other men to have sex with her.
11 I would not have been faithful to my wife.
I would have done a wicked thing
    and I would deserve punishment.

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“If my heart has been enticed(A) by a woman,(B)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(C) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(D)
11 For that would have been wicked,(E)
    a sin to be judged.(F)

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