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39 Because of disaster, troubles and sadness,
    their families grew smaller and weaker.
40 He showed he was displeased with their important men.
    He made them wander in a pathless desert.
41 But he lifted the poor out of their suffering.
    And he made their families grow like flocks of sheep.

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39 Then their numbers decreased,(A) and they were humbled(B)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles(C)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.(D)
41 But he lifted the needy(E) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.(F)

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