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But my ·mind [L heart; C the heart was considered the location of thought] is as good as yours;
    ·you are not better than I am [L I am not inferior to you].
    ·Everyone knows all these things [L Who is not like these?; C probably a reference to the three friends and their intelligence].
·My friends all laugh at me [L I am a joke to my friends],
    I who called on God and he answered me [C a reference to his earlier days, which the friends now think are a joke];
    they laugh at me even though I am right and innocent!
Those who are ·comfortable [at ease] ·don’t care that [L have contempt when] others have trouble;
    they think it right that those people ·should have troubles [L have shaky/unstable feet].

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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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