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13 “Wicked people rebel against the light.
    They refuse to acknowledge its ways
    or stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises in the early dawn
    to kill the poor and needy;
    at night he is a thief.
15 The adulterer waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
    He hides his face so no one will know him.
16 Thieves break into houses at night
    and sleep in the daytime.
    They are not acquainted with the light.
17 The black night is their morning.
    They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.

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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,
    who are not acquainted with its ways
    and do not stay in its paths.(A)
14 The murderer rises at dusk
    to kill the poor and needy
    and in the night is like a thief.(B)
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
    and he disguises his face.(C)
16 In the dark they dig through houses;
    by day they shut themselves up;
    they do not know the light.(D)
17 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
    for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.(E)

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