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12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty,
    So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness;
    the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the day time,
    and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves from the sword of their mouth,
    even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope,
    and injustice shuts her mouth.

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12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise or anything of [lasting] worth.

13 He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end.(A)

14 In the daytime they meet in darkness, and at noon they grope as in the night.

15 But [God] saves [the fatherless] from the sword of their mouth, and the needy from the hand of the mighty.

16 So the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts her mouth.

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