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14 But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    We don’t want to know how you want us to live.
15 Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him?
    What would we get if we prayed to him?’
16 But they aren’t in control of their own success.
    So I don’t pay any attention to their plans.

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14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(A)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(B)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(C)
16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(D)

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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?

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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