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You have sent widows away empty-handed,
    and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.[a](A)
10 Therefore snares are around you,
    and sudden terror overwhelms you,
11 or darkness so that you cannot see;
    a flood of water covers you.(B)

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  1. 22.9 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb were crushed

And you sent widows(A) away empty-handed(B)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(C)
10 That is why snares(D) are all around you,(E)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,(F)
11 why it is so dark(G) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.(H)

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