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a prayer.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">142.7: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">distress; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">prison.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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