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They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
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They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
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The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
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"There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
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The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.
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The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me'; And he disguises his face.
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In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.
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For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
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"They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
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As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned.
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The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree.