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For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
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That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.
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Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
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[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
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[Should it be] according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.