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He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
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Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.
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Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes - it only makes things worse.
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Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store.
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Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and - nothing!
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Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza.
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Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in.
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But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line.
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Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog.
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A banana peel lands them flat on their faces - slapstick figures in a moral circus.
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Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked,