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“I have become a laughingstock to my friend,
    though I called on God and He answered—
    a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
Contempt for calamity is the thought of one at ease,
    prepared for those whose foot slips.
The tents of marauders prosper,
    and there is security for those who provoke God—
    for those whom God brings in His hand.

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