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20 The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of hys lyfe as it were a woman with a childe, and the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne.
21 A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccyon.
22 He beleueth neuer to be delyuered oute of darckenes, for the swearde is alwaye before hys eyes.
23 When he goeth forth to get his lyuying, he seeth plainely, that the daye of darcknesse is at hande.
24 Sorowe and carefulnesse wyll make hym afrayed, and compasse hym rounde aboute, lyke as it were a kynge with hys hoost ready to the batayll.
25 For he hath stretched out hys hande agaynst God, and armed hym selfe agaynst the almyghtye,
26 He runneth proudly vpon hym, and with a styff necke fyghteth he agaynst hym:
27 where as he couereth hys face with fatnesse, and maketh hys body well lykynge.
28 Therfore shall hys dwellynge be in desolate cyties, and in houses which no man inhabyteth, but are become heapes of stones.
29 He shall not be riche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earthe.
30 He shall neuer come oute of darcknesse, the flame shall drye vp hys braunches: with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken awaye.
31 He beleueth not that he is in vanyte, and yet he is out of the waye, and vanyte shalbe hys recompence.
32 He shall perysh, afore hys tyme be worne out, and hys braunche shall not be grene.
33 He shalbe pluckt of as an vntymely grape from the vyne, & shall lett his floure fall, as the olyue doth.
34 For the congregacyyon of ypocrites shalbe desolate and vnfrutefull, and the fyre shall consume the houses of soch as are gredy to receaue giftes.
35 He conceaueth trauayle, and beareth vanyte, and theyr bodye bryngeth forth disceate.