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But I have understanding as well as you. I am not less than you. Who does not know such things as these? Even my friends laugh at me. The man who called on God, and God answered him, the man who is right and without blame is laughed at. He who lives in comfort laughs at one who has trouble and whose feet are slipping.

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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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