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21     I am blameless, but I don’t know myself.
        I hate my life.
22     Well, then this is what I say: it’s all the same.
        In the end, He kills off both the innocent and the depraved.
23     If a flood of disaster rushes in and kills,
        He ridicules the anguish of its innocent victims.
24     The earth has been given over
        and is under the dominion of some wicked hand.
    God conceals these things from its judges, covering their faces, blinding their eyes.
        If not He, then who is it?

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21 “Although I am blameless,(A)
    I have no concern for myself;(B)
    I despise my own life.(C)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(D)
23 When a scourge(E) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(F)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(G)
    he blindfolds its judges.(H)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(I)

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