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17 because morning and deep darkness are the same to them,
    because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness.
18 Such people are like scum on the surface of the water.
    Their property is cursed in the land.
    People do not travel the road that goes to their vineyards.
19 Just as drought and heat steal water from snow,
    so the grave steals people who sin.

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17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(A) of darkness.(B)

18 “Yet they are foam(C) on the surface of the water;(D)
    their portion of the land is cursed,(E)
    so that no one goes to the vineyards.(F)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(G)
    so the grave(H) snatches away those who have sinned.

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