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who shows no partiality to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of his hands?
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They die in an instant, in the middle of the night;
the people are shaken and they pass away;
the mighty are removed without human hand.
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“His eyes are on the ways of men;
he sees their every step.
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There is no dark place, no deep shadow,
where evildoers can hide.
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God has no need to examine men further,
that they should come before him for judgment.
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Without inquiry he shatters the mighty
and sets up others in their place.
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Because he takes note of their deeds,
he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
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He punishes them for their wickedness
where everyone can see them,
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because they turned from following him
and had no regard for any of his ways.
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They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
so that he heard the cry of the needy.
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But if he remains silent, who can condemn him?
If he hides his face, who can see him?
Yet he is over man and nation alike,