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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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  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.

When I think about this, I am terrified;(A)
    trembling seizes my body.(B)
Why do the wicked live on,
    growing old and increasing in power?(C)
They see their children established around them,
    their offspring before their eyes.(D)

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Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

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