The Portion of the Wicked

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This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

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If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

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They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

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If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

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He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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He hath built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he hath made a booth.

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The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

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Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:

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A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

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And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.

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He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.