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12 My house has been plucked up and vanishes[a] from me
    like a shepherd’s tent;
like a weaver, I’ve taken account of[b] my life,
    and he cuts me off from the loom—
        day and night you make an end of me.
13 I’ve been swept bare[c] until morning;
    just like a lion, he breaks all my bones—
        day and night you make an end of me.
14 Like a swallow or a crane I chirp,
    I moan like a dove.
My eyes look weakly upward.
    O Lord,[d] I am oppressed, so[e] stand up for me!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read and has been taken away
  2. Isaiah 38:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads have rolled up
  3. Isaiah 38:13 So 1QIsaa; or I cried for help; MT reads I was composed; cf. Targ
  4. Isaiah 38:14 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab reads Lord
  5. Isaiah 38:14 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks so