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13 Now I would be lying down and quiet;
    I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
14 with kings and counselors of the earth
    who rebuild ruins for themselves,(A)
15 or with princes who have gold,
    who fill their houses with silver.
16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child,
    like an infant that never sees the light?(B)
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
    and there the weary are at rest.(C)

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