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14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
    from (A)men of the world whose (B)portion is in this life.[a]
You fill their womb with treasure;[b]
    they are satisfied with (C)children,
    and they leave their abundance to their infants.

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  1. Psalm 17:14 Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
  2. Psalm 17:14 Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb

Their (A)eyes swell out through fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.

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(A)Why do the wicked live,
    reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
Their (B)offspring are established in their presence,
    and their descendants before their eyes.
Their houses are (C)safe from fear,
    and (D)no rod of God is upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without fail;
    their cow calves and (E)does not miscarry.
11 They send out their (F)little boys like a flock,
    and their children dance.
12 They sing to (G)the tambourine and (H)the lyre
    and rejoice to the sound of (I)the pipe.
13 They (J)spend their days in prosperity,
    and in (K)peace they go down to (L)Sheol.

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