I am a (A)joke to [a]my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and (B)blameless man is a joke.
[b]He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.
The (C)tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God (D)are secure,
[c]Whom God brings (E)into their power.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:4 Lit his
  2. Job 12:5 Lit Contempt for calamity is the thought of him who is at ease
  3. Job 12:6 Or He who brings God into his hand.

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