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(A)They will vanish like a dream, like a vision at night,
    and never be seen again.
The wicked will disappear from the place where they used to live;
10     and their children will make good what they stole from the poor.

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Like a dream(A) he flies away,(B) no more to be found,
    banished(C) like a vision of the night.(D)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(E)
10 His children(F) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(G)

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They will fly away like a dream
    and not be found again;
    they will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Those who saw them will not see them again;
    the places where they lived will see them no more.
10 Their children will have to pay back the poor,
    and they will have to give up their wealth.

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He flies away like a (A)dream, and they cannot find him;
Like a vision of the night he is (B)chased away.
The (C)eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And (D)his place no longer beholds him.
10 His (E)sons [a]favor the poor,
And his hands (F)give back his wealth.

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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

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