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“·God, make me a promise [L Make a pledge for me with yourself].
    ·No one will make a pledge for me [L Who else will clap hands with me; C a gesture that seals an agreement].
You have closed their minds to understanding.
    ·Do not let them win over me [L You will not let them triumph].
People might ·speak against [denounce] their friends for ·money [L a share; a piece of property],
    but if they do, the eyes of their children ·go blind [L will fade].

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“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(A)
    Who else will put up security(B) for me?(C)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(D)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(E)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(F)

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