1:22a Let all their wickedness come before You,

Look how evil my enemies are! (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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May you see all the evil things they’ve done! (FBV)

1:22b and deal with them as You have dealt with me

Punish them, as you punished me
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Treat them the same way as you’ve treated me (FBV)
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As you have dealt with me, so deal with them ⌊the same way⌋ .

1:22c because of all my transgressions.

for all my sins.
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for not doing what you/Yahweh told me to do.
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because we did so many bad things.

1:22d For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

I say all of this as I groan in suffering and my heart is weak.”
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Do this because I am groaning again and again. Do this because my heart is sick.” (English Easy-to-Read Version)

Section 2:1-22

Song two: The Lord acted as Jerusalem’s enemy

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