Proverbs 30: 21-23 Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when glutted with food; an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
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Under three things, is the whole world a-tremble,
and there’s a fourth that it cannot bear up:
Should the enslaved, attain royal power
Those at the top will incite a revolt.
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Under these things, ‘cause of these things, many communities suffer.
Under these things, they cannot endure. Civilization is ending.
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There are two more, that set foundations shaking.
One deals with food and the other with love:
when a fool eats and hunger is banished;
when marriage finds one who sojourned alone.
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Under these things, ‘cause of these things, many communities suffer.
Under these things, they cannot endure. Civilization is ending.
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Under three things, has the whole world been trembling.
Yet there’s another that brings it all down:
when a man dumps the woman he’s married,
turning instead to the nanny or maid.
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Under these things, ‘cause of these things, many communities suffer.
Under these things, they cannot endure. Civilization is ending.
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Photo: by Boston Public Library on Unsplash
Source: Proverbs 30:21-23
Text: David Alexander, 2021 CC BY-SA
Tune: Hingham, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2011/Score/UnderHisWings-Sankey.pdf
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