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To complete the evil with their hands, the prince demands, and the judge judges for a reward; and the great man speaks the desires of his heart: and they confirm it.
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The best of them is as a brier; the most upright as a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, thy visitation, comes; now shall be their confusion.
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Do not believe in a friend, do not trust in a prince; from her that lies at thy side, take care, open not thy mouth.
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For the son dishonours the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies are those of his own house.
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Therefore I will wait for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my saving health; my God will hear me.