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13 The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.

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13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God,(A) it will not go well with them, and their days(B) will not lengthen like a shadow.

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12 In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

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12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days(A) they pass through like a shadow?(B) Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

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11 But the wicked are doomed,
    for they will get exactly what they deserve.

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11 Woe to the wicked!(A)
    Disaster(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back(C)
    for what their hands have done.(D)

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We blossom like a flower and then wither.
    Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.

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In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

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14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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29 and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.

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29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(A)

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49 That is the way it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked people from the righteous, 50 throwing the wicked into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous(A) 50 and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(B)

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18 Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

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18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous(A) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.(B)

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21 There is no peace for the wicked,”
    says my God.

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21 “There is no peace,”(A) says my God, “for the wicked.”(B)

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13 calamity will come upon you suddenly—
    like a bulging wall that bursts and falls.
In an instant it will collapse
    and come crashing down.

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13 this sin will become for you
    like a high wall,(A) cracked and bulging,
    that collapses(B) suddenly,(C) in an instant.

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For they are like a breath of air;
    their days are like a passing shadow.

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They are like a breath;(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(B)

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23 But you, O God, will send the wicked
    down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
    but I am trusting you to save me.

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23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(B)
    will not live out half their days.(C)

But as for me, I trust in you.(D)

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