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17 (A)Shall one who hates justice govern?
    Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

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17 Can someone who hates justice govern?(A)
    Will you condemn the just and mighty One?(B)

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21 They (A)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn (B)the innocent to death.[a]

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  1. Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood

21 The wicked band together(A) against the righteous
    and condemn the innocent(B) to death.(C)

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26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,(A)
    surely to flog honest officials is not right.

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It is not good to (A)be partial to[a] the wicked
    or to (B)deprive the righteous of justice.

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  1. Proverbs 18:5 Hebrew to lift the face of

It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

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