14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
    from (A)men of the world whose (B)portion is in this life.[a]
You fill their womb with treasure;[b]
    they are satisfied with (C)children,
    and they leave their abundance to their infants.

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  1. Psalm 17:14 Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
  2. Psalm 17:14 Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb

14 By your hand save me from such people, Lord,
    from those of this world(A) whose reward is in this life.(B)
May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies;
    may their children gorge themselves on it,
    and may there be leftovers(C) for their little ones.

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Their (A)eyes swell out through fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.

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From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.

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  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

(A)Why do the wicked live,
    reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
Their (B)offspring are established in their presence,
    and their descendants before their eyes.
Their houses are (C)safe from fear,
    and (D)no rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
    their cow calves and (E)does not miscarry.
11 They send out their (F)little boys like a flock,
    and their children dance.
12 They sing to (G)the tambourine and (H)the lyre
    and rejoice to the sound of (I)the pipe.
13 They (J)spend their days in prosperity,
    and in (K)peace they go down to (L)Sheol.

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Why do the wicked live on,
    growing old and increasing in power?(A)
They see their children established around them,
    their offspring before their eyes.(B)
Their homes are safe and free from fear;(C)
    the rod of God is not on them.(D)
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
    their cows calve and do not miscarry.(E)
11 They send forth their children as a flock;(F)
    their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(G)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(H)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(I)
    and go down to the grave(J) in peace.[a](K)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant