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18 They look on and sneer contemptuously at him,
    but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
19 Afterward they will become dishonored corpses
    and objects of contempt among the dead forever.
For he will cast them speechless to the ground
    and shake them to their very foundations.
They will be completely laid waste,
    overwhelmed with grief,
    and their memory will perish.

The Final Judgment of the Wicked[a]

20 The godless will cringe with terror when their sins are reckoned,
    and their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 4:20 The author gives us a poem of the precariousness and the brevity of earthly life; completely unfortunate is one who makes it the be-all and end-all of existence (Wis 5:8-13)!