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20:1  Zophar from Naamah said:
20:2  Your words are disturbing; now I must speak.
20:3  You have accused and insulted me, and reason requires a reply.
20:4  Since the time of creation, everyone has known
20:5  that sinful people are happy for only a while.
20:6  Though their pride and power may reach to the sky,
20:7  they will disappear like dust, and those who knew them will wonder what happened.
20:8  They will be forgotten like a dream
20:9  and vanish from the sight of family and friends.
20:10  Their children will have to repay what the parents took from the poor.
20:11  Indeed, the wicked will die and go to their graves in the prime of life.
20:12  Sinners love the taste of sin; they relish every bite
20:13  and swallow it slowly.
20:14  But their food will turn sour and poison their stomachs.
20:15  Then God will make them lose the wealth they gobbled up.
20:16  They will die from the fangs of poisonous snakes
20:17  and never enjoy rivers flowing with milk and honey.
20:18  Their hard work will result in nothing gained,
20:19  because they cheated the poor and took their homes.
20:20  Greedy people want everything and are never satisfied.
20:21  But when nothing remains for them to grab, they will be nothing.
20:22  Once they have everything, distress and despair will strike them down,
20:23  and God will make them swallow his blazing anger.
20:24  While running from iron spears, they will be killed by arrows of bronze,
20:25  whose shining tips go straight through their bodies. They will be trapped by terror,
20:26  and what they treasure most will be lost in the dark. God will send flames to destroy them in their tents with all their property.
20:27  The heavens and the earth will testify against them,
20:28  and all their possessions will be dragged off when God becomes angry.
20:29  This is what God has decided for those who are evil.