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I’m a joke to friends
        who called to God and he answered;
    the innocent and blameless one is a joke,
    a torch[a] of contempt to one who is idle,
    a fixed point for slipping feet.

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  1. Job 12:5 Heb uncertain

But I am a laughingstock to my neighbor—
I, who call on God, and he answers me—
I, a righteous and complete man, am a laughingstock!
Those who are carefree do not worry about disaster.
They think it is reserved for those whose feet are slipping.

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