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But I have (A)understanding as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know (B)such things as these?
I am (C)a laughing-stock to my friends;
    I, who (D)called to God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, am a laughing-stock.
In the thought of one who is (E)at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
    it is ready for those whose feet slip.

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But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?(A)

“I have become a laughingstock(B) to my friends,(C)
    though I called on God and he answered(D)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(E)
Those who are at ease have contempt(F) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(G)

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