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"I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,
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What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,
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To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:
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The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
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Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
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He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.
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He wanders about for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
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For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
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Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.
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"Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,