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13 “Here is what God has planned for evil people,
    and what the Almighty will give to cruel people:
14 They may have many children, but the sword will kill them.
    Their children who are left will never have enough to eat.
15 Then they will die of disease and be buried,
    and the widows will not even cry for them.
16 The wicked may heap up silver like piles of dirt
    and have so many clothes they are like piles of clay.
17 But good people will wear what evil people have gathered,
    and the innocent will divide up their silver.
18 The houses the wicked build are like a spider’s web,
    like a hut that a guard builds.
19 The wicked are rich when they go to bed,
    but they are rich for the last time;
    when they open their eyes, everything is gone.
20 Fears come over them like a flood,
    and a storm snatches them away in the night.
21 The east wind will carry them away, and then they are gone,
    because it sweeps them out of their place.
22 The wind will hit them without mercy
    as they try to run away from its power.
23 It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands;
    it will whistle at them as they run from their place.

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