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Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their taunt back on their own heads, and give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.(A)

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Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

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Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have raged against the builders.[a](A)

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  1. 4.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Do not cover up their guilt(A) or blot out their sins from your sight,(B) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.

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  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before

Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites
    the day of Jerusalem’s fall,
how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down!
    Down to its foundations!”(A)

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Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(A) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(C)

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O daughter Babylon, you devastator![a]
    Happy shall they be who pay you back
    what you have done to us!(A)

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  1. 137.8 Or you who are devastated

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(A)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.

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