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But now you feel discouraged
    when struck by trouble.
You respect God and live right,
    so don't lose hope!
No truly innocent person
    has ever died young.

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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(A)
    it strikes(B) you, and you are dismayed.(C)
Should not your piety be your confidence(D)
    and your blameless(E) ways your hope?

“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(F)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?(G)

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