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21 “Though I were perfect,
    I would not know myself;
    I would despise my life.
22 It is all one thing; therefore I said,
    ‘He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.’
23 If the whip kills suddenly,
    He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
    He covers the faces of its judges.
    If it is not He, then who is it?

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21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul; I would despise my life.

22 This is all one thing. Therefore I said it: ‘He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.’

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covereth the faces of the judges thereof. If not, where and who is He?

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