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17 Each bread is sweet to a lecherous man; he shall not be made weary, trespassing till to the end.

18 Each man that passeth [or that over-goeth] his bed, doeth despite against his soul, and saith, [or saying], Who seeth me? Darknesses (en)compass me, and (the) walls cover me, and no man beholdeth me. Whom dread I? The Highest shall not have mind on my sins.

19 And he understandeth not, that the eye of him, that is, of God, seeth all things; for why the dread of such a man putteth away from him the dread of God, and the eyes of men that dread him put away from him God’s dread. And he knew not, that the eyes of the Lord be much more clearer than the sun, and behold all the ways of men, and the depth of the sea, and they behold the hearts of men into hid parts. [And he understandeth not, for all things the eye of him seeth, for he put away from him the dread of God; of such a manner man is dread, and the eyes of men dreading him. And he knew not, for the eyes of the Lord be much more lighter over the sun, beholding about all the ways of men, and the depth of the sea, and the hearts of men beholding into the hid parts.]

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