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You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’
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Verse 17. Judgment. Being scandalized at the prosperity of the wicked, ( Bible.) they deny Providence. Psalms 72. Jeremiah 12. Calmet.—Yet the wicked are left for wise purposes, either for their amendment, or for the trial of the just. Saint Augustine Ps. liv.—Those who are offended at their present success, ( Bible.) think not of judgment nor of eternal goods. Saint Jerome
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