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13     Can I even hope to help myself,
        or has any chance of help been driven away?

14     A despondent person deserves kindness from his friend,
        even though he strays from the fear of the Highest One.
15     But you, my brothers, are unpredictable
        like an unexpected flood of the wadi that quickly rises and then falls,

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13 Do I have any power to help myself,(A)
    now that success has been driven from me?

14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(B)
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(C)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(D)
    as the streams that overflow

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