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20 For the tyrants will be no more
    and the arrogant will cease to exist;
    all those who revel in evil deeds will be destroyed:
21 those whose lies cause a man to be judged guilty,
    those who set traps to capture just arbiters
and thereby deprive the innocent
    from being granted justice.
22 Therefore, thus says the Lord,
    the deliverer of Abraham,
    in regard to the house of Jacob:
No longer will the house of Jacob be ashamed,
    nor will their faces grow pale.

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20 The ruthless(A) will vanish,(B)
    the mockers(C) will disappear,
    and all who have an eye for evil(D) will be cut down—
21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
    who ensnare the defender in court(E)
    and with false testimony(F) deprive the innocent of justice.(G)

22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed(H) Abraham,(I) says to the descendants of Jacob:

“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;(J)
    no longer will their faces grow pale.(K)

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