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39 But when they are diminished and brought down
    through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt upon princes,
    and causes them to wander in a wilderness with no road;
41 yet He raises up the poor from affliction
    and cares for their families 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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