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20 Although my friends scorn me,
    I pour out tears before God,
21 pleading that he may listen to me
    as a person would listen to a neighbor.
22 For there are only a few years left to me
    before I set forth on that journey
    from which there is no return.

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(E) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I take the path of no return.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn