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15 You are righteous, and you govern all things with righteousness,
    considering it not in keeping with your power
    to condemn anyone not deserving of punishment.
16 For your strength is the source of righteousness,
    and your universal dominion makes you gracious to all.[a]
17 You display your strength when people doubt the absolute degree of your power,
    and you rebuke any insolence shown by those who are aware of your might.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 12:16 The wicked use power to defeat justice (see Wis 2:11), but God uses his strength to temper justice.