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10 “I, Yahweh, search the mind.
    I try the heart,
even to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his doings.”

11 As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid,
    so is he who gets riches, and not by right.
In the middle of his days, they will leave him.
    At his end, he will be a fool.
12 A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,
    is the place of our sanctuary.

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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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