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This is why my troubled thoughts make me respond again,
and why my thoughts are racing through my mind:
I heard a rebuke that insults me,
so my spirit prompts me to respond with understanding.

Don’t you know this?
From ancient times,
from the time when Adam[a] was placed on the earth,

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  1. Job 20:4 Or mankind

“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
    because I am greatly disturbed.(A)
I hear a rebuke(B) that dishonors me,
    and my understanding inspires me to reply.

“Surely you know how it has been from of old,(C)
    ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,

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  1. Job 20:4 Or Adam