I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
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though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.
The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."
But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.
--because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."
So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.