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14 The murderer rises with the light.
    He kills the poor and needy.
    In the night he is like a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
    He disguises his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses.
    They shut themselves up in the daytime.
    They don’t know the light.

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14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)
15 The eye of the adulterer(D) watches for dusk;(E)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(F)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(G)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.(H)

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