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Those who do what's right are quickly perfected and live a long life in a short span of time.
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They are whisked away from the wickedness that surrounds them because their whole beings are pleasing to the Lord. People around them see this, but they don't understand. It doesn't sink in
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that favor and mercy rest upon God's chosen ones, and that God watches over his holy ones.
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So the dead who did what's right will condemn the ungodly who are still alive, and someone who dies young will condemn the old person who has lived many years but hasn't done what is right.
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People will see the death of the wise, but they won't understand the Lord's purposes for them, nor to what end the Lord kept them safe.