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The sin of the wicked is a trap,
    but the just run along joyfully.(A)
The just care for the cause of the poor;
    the wicked do not understand such care.[a]
Scoffers enflame the city,
    but the wise calm the fury.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:7 As in 12:10 (on care for animals), the righteous care for those who are without a voice and often treated like animals. Colon B has a double meaning: the wicked have no such knowledge (care for the poor) and they have no knowledge (wisdom), for they are fools.

Evildoers are snared by their own sin,(A)
    but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.

The righteous care about justice for the poor,(B)
    but the wicked have no such concern.

Mockers stir up a city,
    but the wise turn away anger.(C)

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