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17 My eyes see everything these people do. What they do is not hidden from me. I always see their sin. 18 I will pay them back double for their sin and the evil things they have done. They have made my land ‘unclean.’ They have set up lifeless statues of their evil gods. They have filled my land with them. I hate those gods.”

19 Lord, you give me strength.
    You are like a fort to me.
When I’m in trouble,
    I go to you for safety.
The nations will come to you
    from one end of the earth to the other.
    They will gather together and say,
“Our people of long ago didn’t own anything
    except statues of gods.
The statues were worthless.
    They didn’t do them any good.

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17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden(A) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.(B) 18 I will repay(C) them double(D) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(E) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(F) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(G)(H)

19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(I) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(J)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(K)
    worthless idols(L) that did them no good.(M)

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