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those who say, “With our tongues we will prevail;
    our lips are our own—who is our master?”

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan,
    I will now rise up,” says the Lord;
    “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”(A)
The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure,
    silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.(B)

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