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I am a laughing-stock to my friends;
    I, who called upon God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, I am a laughing-stock.
Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,[a]
    but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.
The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hands.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Job 12:6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; Meaning of Heb uncertain

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