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If a man denounces his friends for a price,the eyes of his children will fail.

He has no children or descendants among his people,no survivor where he used to live.

His children will beg from the poor,for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Their children are established while they are still alive,and their descendants, before their eyes.

They let their little ones run around like lambs;their children skip about,

Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;the desert provides nourishment for their children.

Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;his descendants will never have enough food.

when the Almighty was still with meand my children were around me,

Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

With your hand, Lord, save me from men,from men of the worldwhose portion is in this life:You fill their bellies with what you have in store;their sons are satisfied,and they leave their surplus to their children.

Come, children, listen to me;I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

I have been young and now I am old,yet I have not seen the righteous abandonedor his children begging for bread.

He is always generous, always lending,and his children are a blessing.

For the Lord loves justiceand will not abandon his faithful ones.They are kept safe forever,but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.

We will not hide them from their children,but will tell a future generationthe praiseworthy acts of the Lord,his might, and the wondrous workshe has performed.

He established a testimony in Jacoband set up a law in Israel,which he commanded our fathersto teach to their children

so that a future generation—children yet to be born—might know.They were to rise and tell their children

Let your work be seen by your servants,and your splendor by their children.

Your servants’ children will dwell securely,and their offspring will be established before you.”

As a father has compassion on his children,so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.