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know_v how_o i_o be_o pain_v i_o will_v not_o refrain_v my_o mouth_n that_o word_n be_v use_v isa_n 58._o 1._o cry_v aloud_o spare_v not_o when_o the_o prophet_n be_v command_v to_o tell_v the_o people_n of_o their_o sin_n the_o lord_n set_v his_o tongue_n at_o liberty_n spare_v not_o thou_o be_v not_o silence_v or_o limit_v therefore_o cry_v aloud_o they_o be_v cry_v sin_n and_o cry_v sin_n must_v have_v cry_v reproof_n loud_a sinner_n must_v not_o be_v whisper_v to_o therefore_o cry_v aloud_o spare_v not_o i_o will_v not_o spare_v my_o mouth_n say_v job_n or_o refrain_v as_o we_o translate_v but_o i_o will_v speak_v in_o the_o anguish_n of_o my_o spirit_n or_o in_o the_o straightness_n merc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ie_fw-fr in_o angustiis_fw-la spiritus_fw-la mei_fw-la coarctat_fw-la i_o spiritus_fw-la pectore_fw-la inclusus_fw-la patefaciam_fw-la liberum_fw-la illi_fw-la aditum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d à _fw-la radice_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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