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Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.
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They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
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They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
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They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
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Yet they say to God, 'Depart from us, For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
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Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?'
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Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger?
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They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.
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They say, 'God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
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Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.