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So look away from us and leave us alone
    until we put in our time like a laborer.

“If a tree is cut down,
    there is hope that it will grow again
    and will send out new branches.
Even if its roots grow old in the ground,
    and its stump dies in the dirt,

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So look away from him and let him alone,(A)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(B)

“At least there is hope for a tree:(C)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots(D) will not fail.(E)
Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump(F) die in the soil,

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