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V] :Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion,
 * And turneth the shadow of death into the morning,
 * And maketh the day dark with night:
 * That calleth for the waters of the sea,
 * And poureth them out upon the face of the earth:
 * The Lord is his name:
 * That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong,
 * So that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
 * They hate him that rebuketh in the gate,
 * And they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
 * Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor,
 * And ye take from him burdens of wheat:
 * Ye have built houses of hewn stone,
 * But ye shall not dwell in them;
 * Ye have planted pleasant vineyards,
 * But ye shall not drink wine of them.
 * For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins:
 * They afflict the just, they take a bribe,
 * And they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
 * Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time:
 * For it is an evil time.
 * Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live:
 * And so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.