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10 But I, the Lord, look into a person’s heart
    and test the mind.
So I can decide what each one deserves;
    I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”

11 Like a bird hatching an egg it did not lay,
    so are the people who get rich by cheating.
When their lives are half finished, they will lose their riches.
    At the end of their lives, it will be clear they were fools.

12 From the beginning, our Temple has been honored
    as a glorious throne for God.

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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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