The Portion of the Wicked

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“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

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If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

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Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;

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he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

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He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.

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He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

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Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

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The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

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For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

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Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.