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I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called upon God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
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In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
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The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
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"But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
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or the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.