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16 They were snatched away before their time,
and their foundations(A) were washed away by a river.
17 They were the ones who said to God, ‘Leave us alone! ’
and ‘What can the Almighty do to us? ’[a](B)
18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

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Footnotes

  1. 22:17 LXX, Syr; MT reads them