15 (A)Did not He who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

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The (A)rich and the poor have this in common,
The (B)Lord is the maker of them all.

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19 Yet He (A)is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich more than the poor;
For (B)they are all the work of His hands.

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Treachery of Infidelity

10 (A)Have we not all one Father?
(B)Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?

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‘Your(A) hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would (B)destroy me.
Remember, I pray, (C)that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
10 (D)Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12 You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

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Is it not (A)to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are [a]cast out;
(B)When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from (C)your own flesh?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:7 wandering

14 I will praise You, for [a]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 (A)My [b]frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:14 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. You are fearfully wonderful
  2. Psalm 139:15 Lit. bones were

Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

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Yet now (A)our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we (B)are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

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