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23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the [a](A)pit of corruption;
(B)Men of bloodshed and deceit will (C)not live out half their days.
But I will (D)trust in You.

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  1. Psalm 55:23 Or lowest pit

23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(B)
    will not live out half their days.(C)

But as for me, I trust in you.(D)

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(A)Their feet run to evil,
And they are quick to shed innocent blood;
(B)Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)

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27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey by shedding blood and (A)destroying lives in order to get (B)greedy gain.

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27 Her officials(A) within her are like wolves(B) tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people(C) to make unjust gain.(D)

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24 “Son of man, they who (A)inhabit these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘(B)Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to (C)us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’

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24 “Son of man, the people living in those ruins(A) in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many;(B) surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’(C)

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26 You (A)stand on account of your sword, you do abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?”’

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26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things,(A) and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife.(B) Should you then possess the land?’

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