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10 [a]Did you fail in a day of adversity,
    did your strength fall short?
11 Did you fail to rescue those who were being dragged off to death,[b]
    those tottering, those near death,
12     because you said, “We didn’t know about it”?
Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows
    and will repay all according to their deeds.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:10–12 Excuses for not coming to the aid of one’s neighbor in serious trouble do not suffice before God, who sees through self-serving excuses.
  2. 24:11 Rescue…death: perhaps refers to the legal rescue of those unjustly condemned to death.