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LORD, You persuaded me and I let myself be persuaded; You have ^(C1)overcome me and prevailed. I have become a ^(C2)laughingstock all day long; Everyone ^(C3)mocks me.

For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I ^(C1)proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the ^(C2)word of the LORD has ^(F1)resulted In taunting and derision all day long.

But if I say, "I will not ^(C1)remember Him Nor speak anymore in His name," Then in ^(C2)my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am tired of holding it in, And ^(C3)I cannot endure it.

For ^(C1)I have heard the whispering of many, "^(C2)Terror on every side! ^(C3)Denounce him; let's denounce him!" ^(F1)All my ^(C4)trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may ^(C5)prevail against him And take our revenge on him."