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16     The wicked, who are captured
        and taken off before their time,
        their foundations washed out by a flooded river,
17     They are the ones who tell God, “Leave us be.”
        They say, “What can the Highest One do to us?”
18     How are they repaid for their insolence?
        You say, “He stuffs their homes with goodness,”
    Then you shake your head and mutter,
        “Far be it from me to understand the thoughts and plans of the wicked.”

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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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