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XXXIV] :And set others in their stead.
 * Therefore he knoweth their works,
 * And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
 * He striketh them as wicked men
 * In the open sight of others;
 * Because they turned back from him,
 * And would not consider any of his ways:
 * So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him,
 * And he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
 * When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?
 * And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
 * Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
 * That the hypocrite reign not,
 * Lest the people be ensnared.
 * Surely it is meet to be said unto God,
 * I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
 * That which I see not teach thou me:
 * If I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
 * Should it be according to thy mind?
 * He will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I:
 * Therefore speak what thou knowest.
 * Let men of understanding tell me,