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12 
“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 
“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity,
And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.
14 
“Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

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12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(A)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(B)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(C)
    and go down to the grave(D) in peace.[a](E)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(F)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant