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jeremiah 20:12 Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause.
12. triest the righteous--in latent contrast to the hasty judgments
of men
(Jer 11:20; 17:10).
opened--that is, committed (compare
2Ki 19:14;
Ps 35:1).