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19 The land was given only to those people.
    Their wisdom didn’t come from outsiders.
    And here’s what those who are wise have said.
20 Sinful people always suffer pain.
    Mean people suffer all their lives.
21 Terrifying sounds fill their ears.
    When everything seems to be going well,
    robbers attack them.

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19 (to whom alone the land(A) was given
    when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(B)
    the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(C)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(D)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(E)

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