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For when they were tried, though they were being disciplined in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented when judged in wrath.
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For you tested them as a parent does in warning, but you examined the ungodly as a stern king does in condemnation.
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Whether absent or present, they were equally distressed,
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for a twofold grief possessed them, and a groaning at the memory of what had occurred.
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For when they heard that through their own punishments the righteous had received benefit, they perceived it was the Lord's doing.
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