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13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
    They think, “God will never call us to account.”
14 But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
    You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
    You defend the orphans.

15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
    Go after them until the last one is destroyed.

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13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(A)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(B)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(C) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(D)
    you are the helper(E) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(F)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

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