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Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
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with kings and counselors of the earth who rebuild ruins for themselves,
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or with princes who have gold, who fill their houses with silver.
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Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like an infant that never sees the light?
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There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.
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There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
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The small and the great are there, and the slaves are free from their masters.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)
