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11 I will teach you God's power, not hide what pertains to the Almighty.
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“I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 Look, those of you who recognize this— why then this empty talk?
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You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?
13 This is the wicked's portion with God, the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
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“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
14 If their children increase, they belong to the sword; their offspring won't have enough bread.
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However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.
15 Their survivors will be buried with the dead; their widows won't weep.
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The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.
16 If they store up silver like dust, amass clothing like clay,
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Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay,
17 they may amass, but the righteous will wear it; the innocent will divide the silver.
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what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver.
18 They built their houses like nests, like a hut made by a watchman.
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The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
19 They lie down rich, but no longer; open their eyes, but it's missing.
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
20 Terrors overtake them like waters; a tempest snatches them by night;
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Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.
21 an east wind lifts them, and they are gone, removes them from their places,
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The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
22 throws itself on them without mercy; they flee desperately from its force.
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It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
23 It claps its hands over them, hisses at them from their place.
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It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place.”
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