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12 The groans of those who are dying are heard from the city.
    Those who are wounded cry out for help.
    But God doesn’t charge anyone with doing what is wrong.

13 “Some people hate it when daylight comes.
    In the daytime they never walk outside.
14 When daylight is gone, murderers get up.
    They kill poor people and those who are in need.
    In the night they sneak around like robbers.

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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(A)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(B)

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(C)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(D)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(E) the poor and needy,(F)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(G)

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