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"Why do the wicked live, Become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
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Their child is established with them in their sight, Their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
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Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don`t miscarry.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
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They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
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They tell God, `Depart from us, For we don`t want to know about your ways.
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What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?`
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Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes on them? That God distributes sorrows in his anger?