Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.(A)
Who else will be my sponsor?[a]
You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not honor them.
If a man denounces his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:3 Or Who is there that will shake hands with me?

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(A)
    Who else will put up security(B) for me?(C)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(D)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(E)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(F)

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