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These sons of theirs have also turned out to be fools, yes, children of no name, outcasts of civilization.

“And now I have become the subject of their ribald song! I am a joke among them! 10 They despise me and won’t come near me, and don’t mind spitting in my face.

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A base and nameless brood,(A)
    they were driven out of the land.(B)

“And now those young men mock me(C) in song;(D)
    I have become a byword(E) among them.
10 They detest me(F) and keep their distance;
    they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(G)

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They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

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A senseless, a nameless brood,
    they have been whipped out of the land.

“And now I have become their (A)song;
    I am (B)a byword to them.
10 They (C)abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
    they do not hesitate to (D)spit at the sight of me.

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