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13 People who turn away from God are always angry.
Even when God punishes them,
    they do not pray for help.
14 They die while they are still young.
    Their lives finish in shame.
They live among the male prostitutes who serve false gods.

15 But God rescues people who suffer.
    He uses their troubles to teach them about himself.

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13 “But the hypocrites in heart (A)store up wrath;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.
14 (B)They[a] die in youth,
And their life ends among the [b]perverted persons.
15 He delivers the poor in their affliction,
And opens their ears in oppression.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 36:14 Lit. Their soul dies
  2. Job 36:14 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy or prostitution in religious rituals

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

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