13-15 From high in the skies God looks around,
    he sees all Adam’s brood.
From where he sits
    he overlooks all us earth-dwellers.
He has shaped each person in turn;
    now he watches everything we do.

16-17 No king succeeds with a big army alone,
    no warrior wins by brute strength.
Horsepower is not the answer;
    no one gets by on muscle alone.

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14 from his dwelling place(A) he watches
    all who live on earth—
15 he who forms(B) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.(C)

16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(D)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.

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