5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. 6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless. 7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Psalms 94:5–7
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Psalms 69:25–27
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Job 24:20–22
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Job 35:8–10
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