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19 Just as the heat of summer
    swallows the snow,
the world of the dead
    swallows those who sin.
20 Forgotten here on earth,
and with their power broken,
    they taste sweet to worms.

21 Sinners take advantage of widows
    and other helpless women.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 24.21 women: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 21.

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