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34 Trust the Lord and follow him.
    He will give you the land,
and you will see
    the wicked destroyed.

35 I have seen brutal people
abuse others and grow strong
    like trees in rich soil.[a]
36 Suddenly they disappeared!
I looked, but they were gone
    and no longer there.

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Footnotes

  1. 37.35 like … soil: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

34 Hope in the Lord(A)
    and keep his way.(B)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
    when the wicked are destroyed,(C) you will see(D) it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(E) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(F)

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