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32 But if you have anything to say, go ahead.
    Speak, for I am anxious to see you justified.

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32 If you have anything to say, answer me;(A)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.(B)

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I will never concede that you are right;
    I will defend my integrity until I die.

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I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)

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No, it’s because of your wickedness!
    There’s no limit to your sins.

“For example, you must have lent money to your friend
    and demanded clothing as security.
    Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
You must have refused water for the thirsty
    and food for the hungry.
You probably think the land belongs to the powerful
    and only the privileged have a right to it!
You must have sent widows away empty-handed
    and crushed the hopes of orphans.

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Is not your wickedness great?
    Are not your sins(A) endless?(B)
You demanded security(C) from your relatives for no reason;(D)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(E)
You gave no water(F) to the weary
    and you withheld food from the hungry,(G)
though you were a powerful man, owning land(H)
    an honored man,(I) living on it.(J)
And you sent widows(K) away empty-handed(L)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(M)

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27 “Look, I know what you’re thinking.
    I know the schemes you plot against me.

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27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
    the schemes by which you would wrong me.

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Have you no fear of God,
    no reverence for him?
Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.
    Your words are based on clever deception.

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But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(A)
Your sin(B) prompts your mouth;(C)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(D)

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