2:19a Arise, cry out in the night

Wake up in the night and plead ⌊with the Lord⌋
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Get up and pray for help (Contemporary English Version)

2:19b from the first watch of the night.

again and again.
-or-
all through the night. (Contemporary English Version)

2:19c Pour out your heart like water

Pour out your feelings like you would pour out water.
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Empty all your thoughts ⌊and tell everything⌋

2:19d in the presence of the Lord.

Tell the Lord everything.
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to the Lord.

2:19c-d (combined)

Tell the Lord all your troubles.
-or-
Pour out all your words and thoughts to the Lord like ⌊you would pour out⌋ water ⌊from a jar⌋ .

2:19e Lift up your hands to Him

Raise your arms to plead to him (Translation for Translators)
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Hold up your hands to him (FBV)

2:19f for the lives of your children

to keep your children alive.
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in prayer for the lives of your children. (FBV)

2:19g who are fainting from hunger

They are weak from hunger ⌊and fall⌋
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They are dying from hunger

2:19h on the corner of every street.

on the roads.
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in the open streets.

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