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“You people think you are the only ones who matter!
    You are sure that wisdom will die with you!
But I have a brain, just like you.
    I’m as clever as you are.
    In fact, everyone knows as much as you do.

“My friends laugh at me all the time,
    even though I called out to God and he answered.
My friends laugh at me,
    even though I’m honest and right.

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“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
    and wisdom will die with you!(A)
But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?(B)

“I have become a laughingstock(C) to my friends,(D)
    though I called on God and he answered(E)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(F)

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