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For my name’s sake I defer my anger;
    for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,
    so that I may not cut you off.(A)
10 See, I have refined you but not like[a] silver;
    I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.(B)
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
    for why should my name[b] be profaned?
    My glory I will not give to another.(C)

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  1. 48.10 Cn: Heb with
  2. 48.11 Gk OL: Heb for why should it

For my own name’s sake(A) I delay my wrath;(B)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(C)
10 See, I have refined(D) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(E) you in the furnace(F) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(G) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(H)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(I)

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