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But my mind is as good as yours;
    you are not better than I am.
    Everyone knows all these things.
My friends all laugh at me
    when I call on God and expect him to answer me;
    they laugh at me even though I am right and innocent!
Those who are comfortable don’t care that others have trouble;
    they think it right that those people should have troubles.

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But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?(A)

“I have become a laughingstock(B) to my friends,(C)
    though I called on God and he answered(D)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(E)
Those who are at ease have contempt(F) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(G)

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