22 Yet God drags away[a] the mighty by his power;
when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.
23 He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,(A)
but his eyes(B) watch over their ways.
24 They are exalted for a moment, then gone;
they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.[b]
They wither like heads of grain.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:22 Or God prolongs the life of
  2. 24:24 LXX reads like a mallow plant in the heat

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