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“Stop and think! Do the innocent die?
    When have the upright been destroyed?
My experience shows that those who plant trouble
    and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
A breath from God destroys them.
    They vanish in a blast of his anger.
10 The lion roars and the wildcat snarls,
    but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.
11 The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,
    and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

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7-8 Stop and think! Have you ever known a truly good and innocent person who was punished? Experience teaches that it is those who sow sin and trouble who harvest the same. They die beneath the hand of God. 10 Though they are fierce as young lions, they shall all be broken and destroyed. 11 Like aged, helpless lions they shall starve, and all their children shall be scattered.

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