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10 I, the Lord, am the one who searches the heart
and examines the mind,
    to reward a man according to what he has done,
    according to what his deeds deserve.
11 Those who accumulate a fortune unjustly
    are like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay.
Midway through life their fortune will be lost,
and in the end they will be exposed as fools.

12 The place of our sanctuary is a glorious throne,
    exalted from the beginning.

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10 “I the Lord search the heart(A)
    and examine the mind,(B)
to reward(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(D)

11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.(E)

12 A glorious throne,(F) exalted from the beginning,
    is the place of our sanctuary.

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