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“Should not the multitude of words be answered?
    And should a man full of talk be justified?
Should your empty talk make men hold their peace?
    And when you mock, will no one shame you?
For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
    And I am clean in your eyes.’

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“Are all these words to go unanswered?(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?(B)
Will your idle talk(C) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(D)
You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(E)
    and I am pure(F) in your sight.’

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