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10 If you lose heart in time of adversity,
    your strength will indeed be limited.
11     [a]Rescue those who are being led away to death
    and save those who are on their way to execution.
12 If you say, “I do not know this man,”
    will he who tests the heart not perceive it?
He who is the guardian of your soul knows it,
    and he will repay you as your deeds deserve.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:11 One who can prove that a condemned man is innocent must try to save him (see Prov 17:15; Isa 58:6-7). [God] knows it: God knows us through and through (see Prov 16:2; 21:2; Ps 94:9-11).