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They wait in ambush near towns;
    their eyes watch for the helpless
    to murder the innocent in secret.(A)
They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket,
    hide there to trap the poor,
    snare them and close the net.(B)
10 The helpless are crushed, laid low;
    they fall into the power of the wicked,

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He lies in wait(A) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(B)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(C)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(D)
10 His victims are crushed,(E) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.

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