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"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
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who 1does great things and 2unsearchable, 3marvelous things without number:
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he gives 4rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
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he 5sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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He 6frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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He 7catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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They meet with darkness in the daytime and 8grope at noonday as in the night.
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But he 9saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor have hope, and 10injustice shuts her mouth.
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"Behold, 11blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore 12despise not the discipline of the 13Almighty.
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For he wounds, but he 14binds up; he 15shatters, but his hands heal.