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For You have hidden their heart from understanding.
    Therefore will You not exalt them.
He who speaks flattery to his friends,
    even the eyes of his children will fail.

“And He has made me a byword of the people,
    someone in whose face they spit.

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You have closed their minds to understanding;(A)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(B)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(C)

“God has made me a byword(D) to everyone,(E)
    a man in whose face people spit.(F)

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