scorn me: Heb. are my scorners, Job 16:4, Job 12:4-5, Job 17:2
poureth: Psalms 109:4, Psalms 142:2; Hosea 12:4-5; Luke 6:11-12; Hebrews 5:7
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Job 16:20
Job 16:20
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