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O (A)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
    and cast down righteousness to the earth!
He who made the (B)Pleiades and Orion,
    and turns deep darkness into the morning
    and (C)darkens the day into night,
who (D)calls for the waters of the sea
    (E)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(F)the Lord is his name;
(G)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
    so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

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  1. Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit