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16 They were destroyed before it was their time to die.
    They were washed away by the flood.
17 They told God, ‘Leave us alone!’
    and said, ‘God All-Powerful cannot do anything to us!’
18 And it was God who filled their houses with good things.
    No, I would never follow the advice of evil people.

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16 They were carried off before their time,(A)
    their foundations(B) washed away by a flood.(C)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(D)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(E)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(F)

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