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A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

And yet, ask, I pray thee, [One of] the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.

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Those who are at ease have contempt(A) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(B)
The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(C)
    and those who provoke God are secure(D)
    those God has in his hand.[a]

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(E)
    or the birds in the sky,(F) and they will tell you;(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand