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Keep Your Balance

13 Look at the work of God. Indeed, who can straighten what he has bent?

14 On a good day, enjoy the good, but on a bad day, consider carefully. God has made the one as well as the other, so no man can find out about anything that will come later.

15 During my days that vanish like vapor, I have seen it all. For instance, a righteous man perishes despite being righteous, while an evil man lives for a long time in spite of his evil.

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13 Consider what God has done:(A)

Who can straighten
    what he has made crooked?(B)
14 When times are good, be happy;
    but when times are bad, consider this:
God has made the one
    as well as the other.(C)
Therefore, no one can discover
    anything about their future.

15 In this meaningless life(D) of mine I have seen both of these:

the righteous perishing in their righteousness,
    and the wicked living long in their wickedness.(E)

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