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Then the righteous will stand with great confidence in the presence of those who have oppressed them and those who make light of their labors.
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When the unrighteous see them, they will be shaken with dreadful fear, and they will be amazed at the unexpected salvation of the righteous.
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They will speak to one another in repentance, and in anguish of spirit they will groan, and say,
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"These are persons whom we once held in derision and made a byword of reproach—fools that we were! We thought that their lives were madness and that their end was without honor.
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Why have they been numbered among the children of God? And why is their lot among the saints?
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