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Why do you rip yourself apart in anger?
    Should the earth be abandoned for your sake
        or a boulder be dislodged?

What a Wicked Person Can Expect from Life

“Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out.
    The flame of his fire stops glowing.
The light in his tent becomes dark,
    and the lamp above him is snuffed out.

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You who tear yourself(A) to pieces in your anger,(B)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(C)

“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(D)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.(E)
The light in his tent(F) becomes dark;(G)
    the lamp beside him goes out.(H)

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(A)You[a] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

“The(B) light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
The light is dark in his tent,
(C)And his lamp beside him is put out.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 18:4 Lit. one who tears his soul