“I(A) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (B)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
A [a]lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for (C)those whose feet slip.
(D)The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.

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  1. Job 12:5 Or disaster

“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)
Those who are at ease have contempt(E) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(F)
The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(G)
    and those who provoke God are secure(H)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

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  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand