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A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
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He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
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He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
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He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
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Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,
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Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,
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Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
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And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.
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He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
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He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
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Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.