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14 how could I face God?
    What could I say when he questioned me?

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14 what will I do when God confronts me?(A)
    What will I answer when called to account?(B)

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13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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19 Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.

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19 Now we know that whatever the law says,(A) it says to those who are under the law,(B) so that every mouth may be silenced(C) and the whole world held accountable to God.(D)

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13 Be silent before the Lord, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”

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13 Be still(A) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(B)

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Even the best of them is like a brier;
    the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.
But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.
    Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.

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The best of them is like a brier,(A)
    the most upright worse than a thorn(B) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
    the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
    Now is the time of your confusion.(C)

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The time of Israel’s punishment has come;
    the day of payment is here.
    Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
    you say, “The prophets are crazy
    and the inspired men are fools!”

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The days of punishment(A) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
    the inspired person a maniac.(E)

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What will you do when I punish you,
    when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
    Where will your treasures be safe?

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What will you do on the day of reckoning,(A)
    when disaster(B) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(C)
    Where will you leave your riches?

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Don’t put your servant on trial,
    for no one is innocent before you.

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Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous(A) before you.

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You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,
    and to rescue the oppressed of the earth. Interlude

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when you, God, rose up to judge,(A)
    to save all the afflicted(B) of the land.

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21 God would surely have known it,
    for he knows the secrets of every heart.

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21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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12 Arise, O Lord!
    Punish the wicked, O God!
    Do not ignore the helpless!
13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
    They think, “God will never call us to account.”
14 But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
    You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
    You defend the orphans.

15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
    Go after them until the last one is destroyed.

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12 Arise,(A) Lord! Lift up your hand,(B) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.(C)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(D)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(E)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(F) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(G)
    you are the helper(H) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(I)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

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19 Arise, O Lord!
    Do not let mere mortals defy you!
    Judge the nations!

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19 Arise,(A) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(B)
    let the nations be judged(C) in your presence.

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12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.
    He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.

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12 For he who avenges blood(A) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(B)

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