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15 The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguises his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if they are known, the terrors of the shadow of death come over them.

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15 The eye of the adulterer(A) watches for dusk;(B)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(C)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(D)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.(E)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(F) of darkness.(G)

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