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All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
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Verse 15. Complaint. Prosperity and adversity succeed each other, that we may be neither elated nor dejected too much. Saint Bernard ep. xxxvi.—If we enjoy the advantages of nature, we must be thankful; if we feel pain, we must cheerfully submit to God’s will. Bible.
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