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“Let my enemy be as the wicked.
    Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
    Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty,
    and call on God at all times?
11 I will teach you about the hand of God.
    I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.
12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
    why then have you become altogether vain?

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“May my enemy be like the wicked;
    my adversary like the unjust.[a]
For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated;
    when God takes away his life?
Will God hear his cry
    when distress overtakes him?
10 Will he take delight in the Almighty?
    Will he call on God at all times?”

On the Demise of the Wicked

11 “I’ll teach you about the power[b] of God,
    that which is with the Almighty I won’t conceal.
12 Look! All of you have been watching,
    so why have you become so completely worthless?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:7 Or unrighteous one
  2. Job 27:11 Lit. hand