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    You speak of how God “tears at you,” you!
        You tear at yourself in your rage.
    Oh, how self-centered you are!
        Ought the earth be emptied of its inhabitants for your sake?
        Ought the rocks roll away for your convenience?

    Remember, the flame of the wicked is extinguished.
        His fire no longer lends light to anything.
    His tent-lamp goes dark;
        his bedside lamp flickers and dies.

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You who tear yourself(A) to pieces in your anger,(B)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(C)

“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(D)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.(E)
The light in his tent(F) becomes dark;(G)
    the lamp beside him goes out.(H)

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