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14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
    When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

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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 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)

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

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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, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(A)

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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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The best of them is like a brier,
    the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their[a] sentinels, of their[b] punishment, has come;
    now their confusion is at hand.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.4 Heb your
  2. 7.4 Heb your

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 days of punishment have come;
    the days of recompense have come.
Israel will cry out,[a]
“The prophet is a fool;
    the man of the spirit is mad!”
Because of your great iniquity,
    your hostility is great.(A)

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  1. 9.7 Or will know

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 on the day of punishment,
    in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth,(A)

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

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

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when God rose up to establish judgment,
    to save all the oppressed of the earth. Selah(A)

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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 would not God discover this?
    For he knows the secrets of the heart.(A)

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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 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
    do not forget the oppressed.(A)
13 Why do the wicked renounce God
    and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?

14 But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief,
    that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
    you have been the helper of the orphan.(B)

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
    seek out their wickedness until you find none.(C)

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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 Rise up, O Lord! Do not let mortals prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you.(A)

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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 blood is mindful of them;
    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.(A)

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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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