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But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth,
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Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you?
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When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers.
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You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
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You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.
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These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes.
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"Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver:
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Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God."