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You, Israel, turn justice into poison
    and throw righteousness on the ground.

Elohim made the constellations Pleiades and Orion.
    He turns deep darkness into dawn.
    He turns day into night.
    He calls for water from the sea
        to pour it over the face of the earth.
    His name is Yahweh.
He destroys strongholds and ruins fortresses.

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There are those who turn justice into bitterness(A)
    and cast righteousness(B) to the ground.(C)

He who made the Pleiades and Orion,(D)
    who turns midnight into dawn(E)
    and darkens day into night,(F)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.(G)
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
    and brings the fortified city to ruin.(H)

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