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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the wounded cry for help,
    yet God ignores their moaning.

13 “Wicked people rebel against the light.
    They refuse to acknowledge its ways
    or stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises in the early dawn
    to kill the poor and needy;
    at night he is a thief.

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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(A)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(B)

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(C)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(D)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(E) the poor and needy,(F)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(G)

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