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12 ‘I am the Lord who comforts you.
You do not need to be afraid of people who are only human.
Remember that they will all die one day,
    like grass that only lives for a short time.
13 Do not forget about the Lord who made you!
    I hung up the sky like a curtain.
    I made the foundation of the earth.
So why are you always shaking with fear?
Do not be afraid when your enemy is angry,
    and he is ready to attack you.
Your enemy's anger is useless!
14 The people who have trouble and pain
    will soon become free.
They will not stay in the prison of death.
    They will have all the food that they need.

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12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(A) you.
    Who are you that you fear(B) mere mortals,(C)
    human beings who are but grass,(D)
13 that you forget(E) the Lord your Maker,(F)
    who stretches out the heavens(G)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(H) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(I)
14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(J)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.(K)

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