14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.

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14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(A) have forgotten me.

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12 (A)I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a [a]broken vessel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:12 Lit. perishing

12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;(A)
    I have become like broken pottery.

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15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.

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15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.(A)

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16 Then I said:

“Wisdom is better than (A)strength.
Nevertheless (B)the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.

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16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.(A)

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15 “Can(A) a woman forget her nursing child,
[a]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(B)Yet I will not forget you.

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  1. Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion

15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child(A) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!(B)

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Who (A)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(B)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

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You drink wine(A) by the bowlful
    and use the finest lotions,
    but you do not grieve(B) over the ruin of Joseph.(C)

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