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23 For he has not appointed a time[a] for anyone
    to go before God in judgment.

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  1. 34.23 Cn: Heb yet

23 God has no need to examine people further,(A)
    that they should come before him for judgment.(B)

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“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.(A) Open shame, O Lord, falls on us, our kings, our princes, and our ancestors because we have sinned against you. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, but we have rebelled against him(B)

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“Lord, you are righteous,(A) but this day we are covered with shame(B)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(C) us because of our unfaithfulness(D) to you.(E) We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(F) The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,(G) even though we have rebelled against him;(H)

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137 You are righteous, O Lord,
    and your judgments are right.(A)

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צ Tsadhe

137 You are righteous,(A) Lord,
    and your laws are right.(B)

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13 After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,(A)

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13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil(A) deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved(B) and have given us a remnant like this.

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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)

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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

Thus says the Lord:

What wrong did your ancestors find in me
    that they went far from me
and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?(A)

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This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
    that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols(A)
    and became worthless(B) themselves.

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a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;
    he will faithfully bring forth justice.(A)

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A bruised reed(A) he will not break,(B)
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.(C)
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;(D)

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10 “Therefore, hear me, you who have sense;
    far be it from God that he should do wickedness
    and from the Almighty[a] that he should do wrong.(A)
11 For according to their deeds he will repay them,
    and according to their ways he will make it befall them.(B)
12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
    and the Almighty[b] will not pervert justice.(C)

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  1. 34.10 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  2. 34.12 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

10 “So listen to me,(A) you men of understanding.(B)
    Far be it from God to do evil,(C)
    from the Almighty to do wrong.(D)
11 He repays everyone for what they have done;(E)
    he brings on them what their conduct deserves.(F)
12 It is unthinkable that God would do wrong,(G)
    that the Almighty would pervert justice.(H)

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There the upright could reason with him,
    and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(A)

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There the upright(A) can establish their innocence before him,(B)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(C)

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21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God,
    as[a] one does for a neighbor.(A)

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  1. 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and

21 on behalf of a man he pleads(A) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

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11 For he knows those who are worthless;
    when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?(A)

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11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
    and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(A)

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and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
    For wisdom is many-sided.[a]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.(A)

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  1. 11.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(A)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(B)

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32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him,
    that we should come to trial together.(A)
33 There is no mediator[a] between us,
    who might lay his hand on us both.(B)

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  1. 9.33 Another reading is Would that there were a mediator

32 “He is not a mere mortal(A) like me that I might answer him,(B)
    that we might confront each other in court.(C)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(D)
    someone to bring us together,(E)

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