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I answered and said: How can those for whom woe is then preserved forget?
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Why then do we still mourn over those who die, or weep over those going to Sheol?
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Let laments be preserved for the beginning of that coming torment, and tears laid up for the arrival of that destruction.
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But opposite these things I shall also say:
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What shall the Righteous do now?
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Rejoice in the suffering you now suffer. Why gaze upon the prosperity of your enemies?
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Prepare your beings for what is preserved for you, and make ready for the reward laid up for you.
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When I had spoken these things, I fell asleep there.