But the (A)hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He (B)ravaged them and struck them with (C)tumors,[a] both Ashdod and its (D)territory.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 5:6 Probably bubonic plague. LXX, Vg. add And in the midst of their land rats sprang up, and there was a great death panic in the city.

The Lord’s hand(A) was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation(B) on them and afflicted them with tumors.[a](C)

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  1. 1 Samuel 5:6 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate tumors. And rats appeared in their land, and there was death and destruction throughout the city

For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.

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Your arrows(A) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.

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10 (A)Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

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10 Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow(A) of your hand.(B)

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