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12 From the town the groans of the dying are heard,
    and those who are wounded cry out for help,
    yet God remains deaf to their prayer.
13 “There also are those who rebel against the light;
    they are ignorant of its ways
    and refuse to frequent its paths.
14 When nightfall descends, the murderer arises
    to slay the poor and the needy;
    during the night he steals forth like a thief.

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