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13 Evil people enjoy success during their lives.
    Then they go down in peace to where the dead are.
14 But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    We don’t want to know your ways.
15 Who is God All-Powerful that we should serve him?
    We would gain nothing by praying to him.’

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13 They spend their years in prosperity(A)
    and go down to the grave(B) in peace.[a](C)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(D)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(E)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(F)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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