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 \v 22 It makes no difference, which is why I say
 \q that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together.
 \q
-\v 23 If a plague should suddenly kill,
-\q he would laugh at the afflictions of innocent people.
+\v 23 When a whip suddenly kills,
+\q he mocks the despair of the innocent.
 \q
 \v 24 The earth is given into the hand of wicked people;
 \q God covers the faces of its judges.