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Zophar's Sermon on the Wicked Man
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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 anxious thoughts make me answer,
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Because of the turmoil within me.
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3. I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me,
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And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
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4. "Do you not know this of old,
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Since man was placed on earth,
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5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
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And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
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6. Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
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And his head reaches to the clouds,
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7. Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
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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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Yes, 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 behold him anymore.
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10. His children will seek the favor of the poor,
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And his hands will restore 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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And he hides it under his tongue,
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13. Though he spares it and does not forsake it,
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But still keeps it in his mouth,
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14. Yet his food in his stomach turns sour;
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It becomes cobra venom within him.
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15. He swallows down riches
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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 viper's tongue will slay him.
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17. He will not see the streams,
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The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
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18. He will restore that for which he labored,
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And will not swallow it down;
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From the proceeds of business
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He will get no enjoyment.
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19. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor,
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He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
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20. "Because he knows no quietness in his heart,
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He will not save anything he desires.
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21. Nothing is left for him to eat;
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Therefore his well-being will not last.
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22. In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
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Every hand of misery will come against him.
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23. When he is about to fill his stomach,
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God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
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And will rain it on him while he is eating.
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24. He will flee from the iron weapon;
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A bronze bow will pierce him through.
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25. It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
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Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall.
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Terrors come upon him;
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26. Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
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An unfanned fire will consume him;
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It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
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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 increase of his house will depart,
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And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.
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29. This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
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The heritage appointed to him by God."
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