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13 Your eyes are too good to look at evil;
    you cannot stand to see those who do wrong.
So how can you put up with those evil people?
    How can you be quiet when the wicked swallow up people who are better than they are?
14 You treat people like fish in the sea,
    like sea animals without a leader.
15 The enemy brings them in with hooks.
    He catches them in his net
and drags them in his fishnet.
    So he rejoices and sings for joy.

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13 Your eyes are too pure(A) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(B)
Why then do you tolerate(C) the treacherous?(D)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(E)
14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,
    like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked(F) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(G)
    he catches them in his net,(H)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
    and so he rejoices and is glad.

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