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12 In the cities, people who are dying cry with pain.
They call for help,
    but God does not punish the people who have hurt them.

13 Some people refuse to live in the light.
    They do not understand it.
    They do not go along the good way that it shows to them.
14 Murderers rob people when it is still dark.
    They kill poor, weak people during the night.

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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(A)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(B)

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(C)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(D)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(E) the poor and needy,(F)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(G)

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