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Nehemiah 8

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¹ "Will God hear his cry When trouble and distress come upon him?

² "Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?

³ "I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God; I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God's actual treatment of the wicked].

⁴ "Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?

⁵ "This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:

⁶ "Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.

⁷ "Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague, And [their] widows will not be able to weep.

⁸ "Though he heaps up silver like dust And piles up clothing like clay,

⁹ He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.

¹⁰ "He builds his house like a spider's web, Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.

¹¹ "He lies down rich, but never will again; He opens his eyes, and it is gone.

¹² "Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood; A windstorm steals him away in the night.

¹³ "The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.

¹⁴ "For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God's wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion; He flees in haste from its power.

¹⁵ "People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him] And hiss him out of his place.

¹⁶ "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where they refine gold.

¹⁷ "Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

¹⁸ "Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light], And to the farthest bounds he searches out The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

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1	"Will God hear his cry When trouble and distress come upon him?
2	"Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
3	"I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God; I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God's actual treatment of the wicked].
4	"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?
5	"This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
6	"Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.
7	"Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague, And [their] widows will not be able to weep.
8	"Though he heaps up silver like dust And piles up clothing like clay,
9	He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.
10	"He builds his house like a spider's web, Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.
11	"He lies down rich, but never will again; He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
12	"Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood; A windstorm steals him away in the night.
13	"The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.
14	"For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God's wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion; He flees in haste from its power.
15	"People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him] And hiss him out of his place.
16	"Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where they refine gold.
17	"Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is smelted from the stone ore.
18	"Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light], And to the farthest bounds he searches out The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

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