Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,
    and he (A)says to everyone that he is a fool.
If the anger of the ruler rises against you, (B)do not leave your place,
    (C)for calmness[a] will lay great offenses to rest.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were (D)an error proceeding from the ruler:

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:4 Hebrew healing

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