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Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
    whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!(A)

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Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(A)
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[a](B)

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  1. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

25 When the tempest passes, the wicked are no more,
    but the righteous are established forever.(A)

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25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm(A) forever.(B)

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12 They surrounded me like bees;
    they blazed[a] like a fire of thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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  1. 118.12 Gk: Heb were extinguished

12 They swarmed around me like bees,(A)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;(B)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(C)

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For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of fools;
    this also is vanity.

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Like the crackling of thorns(A) under the pot,
    so is the laughter(B) of fools.
    This too is meaningless.

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19 Look, the storm of the Lord!
    Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest;
    it will burst upon the head of the wicked.(A)

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19 See, the storm(A) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(B) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.

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24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
    scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
    and the tempest carries them off like stubble.(A)

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24 No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root(A) in the ground,
than he blows(B) on them and they wither,(C)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.(D)

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13 [[When the nations roar like the roaring of many waters,]][a]
    he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and like whirling dust before the storm.(A)

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  1. 17.13 Heb mss Syr lack When . . . waters

13 Although the peoples roar(A) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(B) them they flee(C) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(D) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(E)

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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
    but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)

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  1. 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

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27 when panic strikes you like a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.

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27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster(A) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

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18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.(A)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!(B)
20 They are[a] like a dream when one awakes;
    on awaking you despise their phantoms.(C)

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  1. 73.20 Cn: Heb Lord

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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23 But you, O God, will cast them down
    into the lowest pit;
the bloodthirsty and treacherous
    shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.(A)

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23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(B)
    will not live out half their days.(C)

But as for me, I trust in you.(D)

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Their ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, out of their sight;
    as for their foes, they scoff at them.

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His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by[a] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.

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  1. Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from

In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
    let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)

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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(A)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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