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26 But when I hoped for good things to happen,
    trouble came instead.
When I looked for light to shine on me,
    everything became dark.
27 I hurt inside me all the time.
    Every day I suffer from pain.
28 Illness has caused my skin to become black.
    It is not the sun that has made that happen.
I stand up in the public meeting place
    and I call aloud for help.

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26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.(A)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(B)
    days of suffering confront me.(C)
28 I go about blackened,(D) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(E)

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