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20     The very wombs whence they came forget them;
        the worms will feast on them until no one remembers they existed;
        the skeletons of wickedness dry up and snap like twigs.

21     They deliberately prey on women with no children to protect them
        and don’t care to lend a hand to widows!
22     By His power, God drags off the high and mighty with the ropes of a hunter,
        and though they may rise to the top, they have no assurance of true life.

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20 The womb forgets them,
    the worm(A) feasts on them;(B)
the wicked are no longer remembered(C)
    but are broken like a tree.(D)
21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
    and to the widow they show no kindness.(E)
22 But God drags away the mighty by his power;(F)
    though they become established,(G) they have no assurance of life.(H)

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