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His punishment is as severe as his mercy is great. He judges people by what they have done.
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No sinner can escape with what he has stolen. The Lord will reward the patience of devout people.
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Every righteous person will be rewarded; everyone will get what he deserves.
Footnotes 2
[a].
[Hebrew] Every . . . rewarded; [Greek] He makes room for every act of mercy.
[b].
[Some manuscripts add verses 15-16:] The Lord made the king of Egypt so stubborn that he would not acknowledge the Lord, in order that the world might know the Lord's works. +V16+WHe shows his mercy to all creation; he has divided his light from darkness with a plumb line.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.