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19     After all, he’s an oppressor;
        he’s crushed and forsaken the poor;
        he made his home in a house he stole from another,
        a house he did not build himself.

20     Because he’s never known inner peace,
        he has seized everything he’s ever craved.
21     Because he consumed all he could see, nothing is left;
        his prosperity cannot last.

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19 For he has oppressed the poor(A) and left them destitute;(B)
    he has seized houses(C) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(D)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(E)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(F)

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