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Psalm 73:5

Good News Translation

They do not suffer as other people do; they do not have the troubles that others have.

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On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.

When I think of what has happened to me, I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.

God does not bring disaster on their homes; they never have to live in terror.

That is what the wicked are like. They have plenty and are always getting more.

But we are judged and punished by the Lord, so that we shall not be condemned together with the world.

If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.