| verse | "1" |
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| insertion | "When someone's position in life is admirable and desirable, that person is declared "happy" (cf. 1 Kgs 10:8). Wicked people are sometimes declared "happy," since their position in life can seem admirable and desirable (cf. Mal 3:14-15). But I do not call the wicked "happy." Instead, I say," |
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| WordsBefore | 0 |
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| Index | 1 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| cbc | "Happy is the one who" |
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| Index | 2 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| insertion | ", by the end of life's journey," |
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| WordsBefore | 5 |
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| Index | 3 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| cbc | "has not walked in the counsel of wicked people" |
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| Index | 5 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| insertion | "and lived his life according to what wicked people say should or should not be done ," |
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| WordsBefore | 14 |
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| Index | 6 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| cbc | "has not taken a stand in the way of sinful people" |
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| Index | 8 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| insertion | "and committed to living a sinful lifestyle ," |
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| WordsBefore | 25 |
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| Index | 9 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| cbc | "and has not settled in the dwelling place of insolent people" |
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| Index | 11 |
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| verse | "1" |
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| insertion | "and adopted the character of an insolent person who mocks YHWH's instruction and those who follow it." |
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| WordsBefore | 36 |
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| Index | 12 |
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| verse | "2" |
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| cbc | "Instead" |
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| Index | 13 |
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| verse | "2" |
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| insertion | "of receiving instruction for life's journey from wicked people, he receives instruction from YHWH. And" |
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| WordsBefore | 1 |
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| Index | 14 |
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| verse | "2" |
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| cbc | "his delight is in YHWH's instruction, and" |
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| Index | 15 |
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| verse | "2" |
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| insertion | ", because he delights in it," |
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| WordsBefore | 8 |
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| Index | 16 |
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| verse | "2" |
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| cbc | "he meditates on his instruction day and night." |
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| Index | 18 |
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| verse | "2" |
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| insertion | "And so he lives life's journey according to YHWH's instruction, walking on the way of the righteous and forming a character shaped by YHWH's instruction." |
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| WordsBefore | 16 |
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| Index | 19 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "YHWH's instruction leads him ultimately to life in YHWH's life-giving presence, symbolized by the Garden of Eden (cf. Gen 2; Ps 36:8-10). And so I say of the person who rejects wickedness and chooses to follow YHWH's instruction that" |
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| WordsBefore | 1 |
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| Index | 21 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "he will become like a" |
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| Index | 22 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "life-giving" |
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| WordsBefore | 6 |
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| Index | 23 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "in YHWH's garden (cf. Pss 52:10; 92:13-15; Ezek 47:12), a tree that has been removed from a waterless place, where it could not flourish, and" |
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| WordsBefore | 7 |
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| Index | 25 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "transplanted" |
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| Index | 26 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "by YHWH" |
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| WordsBefore | 8 |
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| Index | 27 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "on water channels" |
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| Index | 28 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "which YHWH dug to irrigate the trees in his garden. These water channels represent YHWH's instruction, which daily nourishes a person so that he becomes like a well-watered tree" |
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| WordsBefore | 11 |
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| Index | 29 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "that gives its fruit in its season" |
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| Index | 30 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "for others to eat and enjoy," |
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| WordsBefore | 18 |
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| Index | 31 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "and whose leaves" |
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| Index | 32 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | ", a source of shade and healing (cf. Ezek 47:12)" |
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| WordsBefore | 21 |
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| Index | 33 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "do not wither" |
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| Index | 35 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "." |
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| WordsBefore | 24 |
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| Index | 36 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "And he" |
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| Index | 37 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "i.e., the person, but ultimately, YHWH" |
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| WordsBefore | 26 |
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| Index | 38 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| cbc | "will cause all that he does to flourish" |
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| Index | 39 |
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| verse | "3" |
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| insertion | "just as a healthy tree flourishes ." |
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| WordsBefore | 34 |
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| Index | 40 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| cbc | "Not so the wicked people!" |
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| Index | 42 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| insertion | "Why would anyone consider them "happy"? They do not meditate on YHWH's instruction, and so they will not, in the end, flourish like trees in YHWH's garden." |
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| WordsBefore | 5 |
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| Index | 43 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| cbc | "Instead," |
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| Index | 44 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| insertion | "when the time of threshing and winnowing comes," |
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| WordsBefore | 6 |
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| Index | 45 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| cbc | "they will be like chaff that" |
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| Index | 46 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| insertion | ", thrown up into the air with a winnowing fork," |
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| WordsBefore | 12 |
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| Index | 47 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| cbc | "the wind drives away" |
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| Index | 49 |
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| verse | "4" |
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| insertion | "from the threshing floor. Just as chaff grows together with the grain in a field, so the wicked currently live together with the righteous. But the day is coming when YHWH will execute judgment and separate the wicked from the righteous, just as chaff is separated from grain at the harvest." |
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| WordsBefore | 16 |
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| Index | 50 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| cbc | "Therefore" |
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| Index | 51 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| insertion | ", because wicked people will be like chaff that is separated from the grain and blown away," |
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| WordsBefore | 1 |
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| Index | 52 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| cbc | "wicked people will not stand firm in the judgment" |
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| Index | 54 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| insertion | ". When YHWH judges between the wicked and the righteous, they will not be able to escape YHWH's verdict and sentence. Unable to stand firm, they will be "blown away," removed from the land and from YHWH's life-giving presence." |
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| WordsBefore | 10 |
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| Index | 55 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| cbc | "And sinful people [will not" |
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| Index | 57 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| insertion | "be declared righteous and" |
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| WordsBefore | 15 |
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| Index | 58 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| cbc | "stand] in the group of righteous people," |
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| Index | 59 |
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| verse | "5" |
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| insertion | "because YHWH is just and will never declare the guilty to be righteous." |
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| WordsBefore | 22 |
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| Index | 60 |
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| verse | "6" |
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| insertion | "Here, then, is the reason why I declare the righteous, and not the wicked, to be "happy":" |
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| WordsBefore | 0 |
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| Index | 61 |
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| verse | "6" |
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| cbc | "Because YHWH cares for the way of righteous people, and" |
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| Index | 62 |
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| verse | "6" |
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| insertion | "although it can seem as though wicked people are the ones flourishing," |
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| WordsBefore | 10 |
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| Index | 63 |
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| verse | "6" |
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| cbc | "the way of wicked people will come to an end." |
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| Index | 64 |
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