11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.(A)
12 Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.(B)

13 I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.(C)

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11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(A)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(B)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(C)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(D)

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(E)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;

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