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13 For now I (A)would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then; it would have been rest to me,
14 With (B)kings and with (C)counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt (D)waste places for themselves,
15 Or with (E)princes (F)who had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not like a miscarriage hidden away,
As infants that never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary of strength are at (G)rest.
18 The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
19 The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.

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