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Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him and made no account of his labors.
2
When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
3
And they, repenting and groaning in anguish of spirit, shall say within themselves: "This was he, whom we held once in derision and a proverb of reproach.
4
We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honor.
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How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints?
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Therefore have we erred from the way of truth; and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.
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We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction;yea, we have gone through deserts where there lay no way; but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.
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What hath pride profited us? Or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?