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15 He makes a fitting shrine for it
    and puts it on the wall, fastening it with a nail.(A)
16 Thus he provides for it lest it fall down,
    knowing that it cannot help itself;
    for, truly, it is an image and needs help.(B)
17 But when he prays about his goods or marriage or children,(C)
    he is not ashamed to address the thing without a soul.
For vigor he invokes the powerless;

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