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16 They were carried away before their time was up,
    and their foundations were washed away by a flood.
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    The Almighty can do nothing to us.’
18 But it was God who filled their houses with good things.
    Their way of thinking is different from mine.

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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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