1 Enoch 103:9

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Say not in regard to the righteous and good who are in life: “In our troubled days we have toiled laboriously and experienced every trouble, And met with much evil and been consumed, And have become few and our spirit small.9-15. An ironical description of the lot of the righteous. Cf. the Sadducean view in cii. 6, 7.From this verse to the end of the chapter 1g stands frequently alone, exhibiting nearly sixty variations, mostly between ist and 3rd plurals. The MSS. evidence goes to prove that the 3rd person was original, for whereas 1g gives the 3rd person in all but seven instances (these are confined to vv. 14 and 15), all other MSS. with few exceptions give the 1st person. Thus the wicked assume the role of the righteous and speak in their person in ciii. 9-15. Yet in civ. 1-6 the author addresses his reply not directly to the sinners who have just spoken but to the righteous (cf. ciii. 1), and returns to the sinners in civ. 7-9.Not 'humble 'but 'poor-spirited'.