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11 They send out their little ones like a flock,
    and their children dance around.

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11 They send forth their children as a flock;(A)
    their little ones dance about.

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For I was envious of the arrogant;
    I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(A)

For they have no pain;
    their bodies are sound and sleek.
They are not in trouble as others are;
    they are not plagued like other people.(B)
Therefore pride is their necklace;
    violence covers them like a garment.(C)
Their eyes swell out with fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.(D)

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For I envied(A) the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(B)

They have no struggles;
    their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
They are free(C) from common human burdens;
    they are not plagued by human ills.
Therefore pride(D) is their necklace;(E)
    they clothe themselves with violence.(F)
From their callous hearts(G) comes iniquity[b];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
  2. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

Their land is filled with silver and gold,
    and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
    and there is no end to their chariots.(A)

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Their land is full of silver and gold;(A)
    there is no end to their treasures.(B)
Their land is full of horses;(C)
    there is no end to their chariots.(D)

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And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.(A)

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“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world(A) are more shrewd(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.(C)

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