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21 I am (A)blameless;
I do not know my soul;
I (B)reject my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (C)consumes the blameless and the wicked.’
23 If the scourge puts to death suddenly,
He (D)mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth (E)is given into the hand of the wicked;
He (F)covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

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21 Though I am blameless,
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.(A)
22 It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”(B)
23 When catastrophe[a] brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth[b] is handed over to the wicked;
he blindfolds[c] its judges.(C)
If it isn’t he, then who is it?

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Footnotes

  1. 9:23 Or whip; Hb obscure
  2. 9:24 Or land
  3. 9:24 Lit covers the faces of