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I am a laughingstock to my friends;
    I, who called upon God and he answered me,
    a just and blameless man, I am a laughingstock.(A)
Those at ease have contempt for misfortune,[a]
    but it is ready for those whose feet are unstable.(B)
The tents of robbers are at peace,
    and those who provoke God are secure,
    who bring their god in their hands.[b](C)

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  1. 12.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 12.6 Or whom God brought forth by his hand; meaning of Heb uncertain

I am a laughingstock to my[a] friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.[b]
The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.(A)
The one who is at ease(B) holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
The tents of robbers are safe,(C)
and those who trouble God are secure;
God holds them in his hands.[c](D)

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  1. 12:4 Lit his
  2. 12:4 Lit him
  3. 12:6 Or secure; to those who bring their god in their hands