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12     and dance to the music of harps and flutes.
13 They live out their lives in peace
    and quietly die without suffering.

14 The wicked tell God to leave them alone;
    they don't want to know his will for their lives.

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12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(A)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(B)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(C)
    and go down to the grave(D) in peace.[a](E)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(F)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(G)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant