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34 Abide thou the Lord, and keep thou his way, and he shall enhance thee, that by heritage thou take the land; when sinners shall perish, thou shalt see. (Wait thou for the Lord, and keep thou to his way, and he shall raise thee up, or shall exalt thee, so that thou take the land by inheritance; and when the sinners shall perish, thou shalt see it.)

35 I saw the wicked man enhanced above; and raised up as the cedars of Lebanon. (Once I saw a wicked man exalted; yea, raised up as high as the cedars in Lebanon.)

36 And I passed (And then I passed by later), and lo! he was not (there); I sought him, and his place was not found.

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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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