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(5) This is why God will strike you down,
seize you, pluck you from your tent
and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

(6) The righteous will see and be awestruck;
they will jeer at him, saying,
(7) “This fellow would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in his own great wealth,
relying on his evil plots.”

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“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold(A)
but trusted in his great wealth(B)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

But I am like an olive tree(C)
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust(D) in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.
For what you have done I will always praise you(E)
    in the presence of your faithful people.(F)
And I will hope in your name,(G)
    for your name is good.(H)

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