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16 They were snatched before their time;
    their foundations a river swept away.
17 They said to God, “Let us alone!”
    and, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
18 Yet he had filled their houses with good things.
    The designs of the wicked are far from me![a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:18 The second part of the verse repeats 21:16.

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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