Job 12:5
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The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
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My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’