17 (A)They said to God, ‘Depart from us!
What can the Almighty do to [a]them?’
18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

19 “The(B) righteous see it and are glad,
And the innocent laugh at them:

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:17 LXX, Syr. us

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(A)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(B)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(C)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(D)
    the innocent mock(E) them, saying,

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