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For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
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He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned.
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The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree.
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He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
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He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.
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Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
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They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, and wither as the tops of the ears of corn.
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And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?