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I am a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who called upon God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
    it is ready for those whose feet slip.
The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hand.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Hebrew uncertain

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