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"All those things have passed away like a shadow, and as a courier that hastened by;
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and as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water which, when it has gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;
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or as, when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air, being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;
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or as, when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through.
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Even so, we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to show, but were consumed in our own wickedness."
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For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind, like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm, as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
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But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the Most High.
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Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand; for with His right hand shall He cover them, and with His arm shall He protect them.
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He shall take to Him His jealousy for complete armor, and make the creature His weapon for the revenge of His enemies.
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He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate and true judgment instead of a helmet.Œ
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He shall take holiness for an invincible shield;