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15 There's nothing I can say
    in answer to you,
since you are the one
    who has done this to me.[a]
My life has turned sour;
    I will limp until I die.

16 Your words and your deeds
bring life to everyone,
    including me.[b]
Please make me healthy
    and strong again.
17 It was for my own good
    that I had such hard times.
But your love protected me
    from doom in the deep pit,[c]
and you turned your eyes
    away from my sins.

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Footnotes

  1. 38.15 There's … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 38.16 Your … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  3. 38.17 deep pit: The world of the dead, as in verse 18.

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