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“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
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However many his children, their fate is the sword;
his offspring will never have enough to eat.
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The plague will bury those who survive him,
and their widows will not weep for them.
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Though he heaps up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay,
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what he lays up the righteous will wear,
and the innocent will divide his silver.
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The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,
like a hut made by a watchman.
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
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Terrors overtake him like a flood;
a tempest snatches him away in the night.
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The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
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It hurls itself against him without mercy
as he flees headlong from its power.
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It claps its hands in derision
and hisses him out of his place.