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13 They are of those that are moredei ohr (rebelling ones against the light); they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

14 The rotzeach rising with the daylight killeth the oni and needy, and in the lailah is like a ganav.

15 The eye also of the no’ef is shomer, watching for the dusk’s twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and puts something to hide his face.

16 In the choshech they dig through batim (houses); in the daytime they shut themselves in; they have no da’as of the ohr.

17 For the boker is to them even as the tzalmavet; they are friends with the terrors of tzalmavet.

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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(A)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(B)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(C) the poor and needy,(D)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(E)
15 The eye of the adulterer(F) watches for dusk;(G)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(H)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(I)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.(J)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(K) of darkness.(L)

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