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“May my enemy be punished like the wicked,
    my adversary like those who do evil.
For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off
    and takes away their life?
Will God listen to their cry
    when trouble comes upon them?
10 Can they take delight in the Almighty?
    Can they call to God at any time?
11 I will teach you about God’s power.
    I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
12 But you have seen all this,
    yet you say all these useless things to me.

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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