Job 38:13
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13 so that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?(A)
Psalm 104:35
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35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!(A)
Job 37:3
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3 Under the whole heaven he lets it loose,
and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
Exodus 14:27
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27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea.(A)
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Psalm 139:9-12
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9 If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.(A)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and night wraps itself around me,”[a](B)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.(C)
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- 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night
Psalm 104:21-22
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21 The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.(A)
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
and lie down in their dens.
Psalm 19:4-6
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4 yet their voice[a] goes out through all the earth
and their words to the end of the world.
In the heavens[b] he has set a tent for the sun,(A)
5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy,
and like a strong man runs its course with joy.(B)
6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens
and its circuit to the end of them,
and nothing is hid from its heat.(C)
Job 24:13-17
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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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