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8 "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
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“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
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He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10 he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
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He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11 he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.
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Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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