22 It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”(A)
23 When catastrophe[a] brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth[b] is handed over to the wicked;
he blindfolds[c] its judges.(B)
If it isn’t he, then who is it?

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Footnotes

  1. 9:23 Or whip; Hb obscure
  2. 9:24 Or land
  3. 9:24 Lit covers the faces of

22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(A)
23 When a scourge(B) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(C)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(D)
    he blindfolds its judges.(E)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(F)

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