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18 God condemns kings and rulers
    when they are worthless or wicked.
19 He does not take the side of rulers
    nor favor the rich over the poor,
    for he created everyone.
20 We may suddenly die at night.
    God strikes us down and we perish;
    he kills the mighty with no effort at all.

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18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
    and to nobles,(A) ‘You are wicked,’(B)
19 who shows no partiality(C) to princes
    and does not favor the rich over the poor,(D)
    for they are all the work of his hands?(E)
20 They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;(F)
    the people are shaken and they pass away;
    the mighty are removed without human hand.(G)

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