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34 I was never so afraid of what people might say or of making enemies
    that I kept my sins secret and avoided going out.

35 “How I wish someone would listen to me!
    I will sign my name to all I have said.
Now let God All-Powerful answer me.
    Let him make a list of what he thinks I did wrong.
36 I would wear it around my neck.
    I would put it on my head like a crown.

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34 because I so feared the crowd(A)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(B) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(C)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(D) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(E)
    I would put it on like a crown.(F)

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