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10 When I humbled my soul with fasting,[a]
    they insulted me for doing so.
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
    I became a byword to them.
12 I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate,
    and the drunkards make songs about me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept, with fasting my soul, or I made my soul mourn with fasting

10 When I weep and fast,(A)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(B)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(C) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(D)

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