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Let them be like grass on the roof, which dries up before it grows. No one can pick it and fill his hand. No one can gather it and fill his arms. And those who pass by do not say, “May the Lord be good to you. We pray that good will come to you in the name of the Lord.”

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May they be like grass on the roof,(A)
    which withers(B) before it can grow;
a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,(C)
    nor one who gathers fill his arms.
May those who pass by not say to them,
    “The blessing of the Lord be on you;
    we bless you(D) in the name of the Lord.”

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