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I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,
    I, who called on God, and he answered.
    The just, the blameless man is a joke.
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
    It is ready for them whose foot slips.
The tents of robbers prosper.
    Those who provoke God are secure,
    who carry their god in their hands.

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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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Footnotes

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