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Happy is the one who is protected from it, who has not been exposed to its anger, who has not borne its yoke, and has not been bound with its fetters.
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For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its fetters are fetters of bronze;
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its death is an evil death, and Hades is preferable to it.
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It has no power over the godly; they will not be burned in its flame.
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Those who forsake the Lord will fall into its power; it will burn among them and will not be put out. It will be sent out against them like a lion; like a leopard it will mangle them.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.