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‘Who [and what] is ^[a]the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’^(A)
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“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

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“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
And that their disaster falls on them?
Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?^(B)