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18 who says to a king, ‘You scoundrel!’
    and to princes, ‘You wicked men!’;
19 who shows no partiality to nobles,
    nor regards the rich more than the poor,
    for they are all the work of his hands?
20 In a moment they die;
    at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
    and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

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18 Is he not the One who says to kings, ‘You are worthless,’
    and to nobles,(A) ‘You are wicked,’(B)
19 who shows no partiality(C) to princes
    and does not favor the rich over the poor,(D)
    for they are all the work of his hands?(E)
20 They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;(F)
    the people are shaken and they pass away;
    the mighty are removed without human hand.(G)

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