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14 Lord, ·remember how wicked his ancestors were [L let the guilt of his fathers be remembered],
    and don’t let the sins of his mother be ·wiped [blotted] out.
15 ·Lord, always remember their sins [L Let them be before the Lord forever].
    ·Then make people forget about them completely [L Let memory of them be cut off from the land].

16 “He did not remember to be ·loving [loyal].
    He ·hurt [persecuted; L pursued] the poor, the needy, and those who were ·sad [depressed; L brokenhearted]
    ·until they were nearly dead [L to their death].

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14 May the iniquity of his fathers(A) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(B) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(C) from the earth.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy(D) and the brokenhearted.(E)

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