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26 I have hoped for good, but evil came instead;
    I have hoped for light, but darkness came.
27 I’m boiling mad inside, and I won’t remain silent;
    the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.

28 “In growing darkness, I walked without sunlight;
    I stood in the congregation to cry 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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