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13     They were among those who rebel against the light.
        They don’t want to know what makes it shine,
        nor do they live their lives in its paths.
14     It is not the poor and the victim who rebel.
        It is the murderer who rises before first light
    And kills the poor and the needy.
        And in the dark of night, he becomes the thief.
15     And the eye of the adulterer waits for the onset of dusk;
        he thinks, “No one will see me,” because he disguises his face.

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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(A)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(B)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(C) the poor and needy,(D)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(E)
15 The eye of the adulterer(F) watches for dusk;(G)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(H)
    and he keeps his face concealed.

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