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When I think of it, I am dismayed,
    and shuddering seizes my flesh.
[a]Why do the wicked keep on living,
    grow old, become mighty in power?(A)
Their progeny is secure in their sight;
    their offspring are before their eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:7 In vv. 7–29 Job launches into a realistic description of the fate of the wicked, contrary to the claims made by the friends.