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97 lines
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Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer
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# Chapter 20
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1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
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2. "Therefore my thoughts answer me,
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because of my haste within me.
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3. I hear censure that insults me,
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and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
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4. Do you not know this from of old,
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since man was placed on earth,
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5. that the exulting of the wicked is short,
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and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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6. Though his height mount up to the heavens,
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and his head reach to the clouds,
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7. he will perish forever like his own dung;
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those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
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8. He will fly away like a dream and not be found;
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he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
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9. The eye that saw him will see him no more,
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nor will his place any more behold him.
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10. His children will seek the favor of the poor,
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and his hands will give back his wealth.
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11. His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
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but it will lie down with him in the dust.
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12. "Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
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though he hides it under his tongue,
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13. though he is loath to let it go
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and holds it in his mouth,
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14. yet his food is turned in his stomach;
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it is the venom of cobras within him.
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15. He swallows down riches and vomits them up again;
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God casts them out of his belly.
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16. He will suck the poison of cobras;
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the tongue of a viper will kill him.
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17. He will not look upon the rivers,
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the streams flowing with honey and curds.
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18. He will give back the fruit of his toil
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and will not swallow it down;
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from the profit of his trading
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he will get no enjoyment.
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19. For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
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he has seized a house that he did not build.
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20. "Because he knew no contentment in his belly,
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he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
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21. There was nothing left after he had eaten;
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therefore his prosperity will not endure.
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22. In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
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the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
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23. To fill his belly to the full,
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God will send his burning anger against him
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and rain it upon him into his body.
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24. He will flee from an iron weapon;
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a bronze arrow will strike him through.
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25. It is drawn forth and comes out of his body;
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the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder;
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terrors come upon him.
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26. Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures;
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a fire not fanned will devour him;
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what is left in his tent will be consumed.
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27. The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
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and the earth will rise up against him.
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28. The possessions of his house will be carried away,
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dragged off in the day of God's wrath.
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29. This is the wicked man's portion from God,
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the heritage decreed for him by God."
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