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XVI] :And strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
 * He runneth upon him, even on his neck,
 * Upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
 * Because he covereth his face with his fatness.
 * And maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
 * And he dwelleth in desolate cities,
 * And in houses which no man inhabiteth,
 * Which are ready to become heaps.
 * He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
 * Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
 * He shall not depart out of darkness;
 * The flame shall dry up his branches,
 * And by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
 * Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity:
 * For vanity shall be his recompence.
 * It shall be accomplished before his time,
 * And his branch shall not be green.
 * He shall shake oil his unripe grape as the vine,
 * And shall cast off his flower as the olive.
 * For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate,
 * And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
 * They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity,
 * And their belly prepareth deceit.

Job answered and said,


 * heard many such things: