Call now, if there be
any that will answer
thee; and to which of the saints
wilt thou turn
?
For wrath killeth
the foolish man
, and envy
slayeth
the silly one
.
I have seen the foolish
taking root
: but suddenly
I cursed
his habitation
.
His children are far
from safety
, and they are crushed
in the gate
, neither is there any to deliver
them .
Whose harvest the hungry
eateth up
, and taketh
it even out
of the thorns
, and the robber
swalloweth up
their substance
.
Although affliction cometh not forth
of the dust
, neither doth trouble
spring out
of the ground
;
Yet man is born
unto trouble
, as the sparks
fly
upward
.
I would seek unto God
, and unto God
would I commit
my cause
:
Which doeth great things
and unsearchable
; marvellous things
without number
:
Who giveth rain
upon
the earth
, and sendeth
waters
upon
the fields
:
To set up on high
those that be low
; that those which mourn
may be exalted
to safety
.
He disappointeth the devices
of the crafty
, so that their hands
cannot perform
their enterprise
.
He taketh the wise
in their own craftiness
: and the counsel
of the froward
is carried headlong
.
They meet with darkness
in the daytime
, and grope
in the noonday
as in the night
.
But he saveth the poor
from the sword
, from their mouth
, and from the hand
of the mighty
.
So the poor hath hope
, and iniquity
stoppeth
her mouth
.
Behold, happy is the man
whom God
correcteth
: therefore despise
not thou the chastening
of the Almighty
:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up
: he woundeth
, and his hands
make whole
.
He shall deliver thee in six
troubles
: yea, in seven
there shall no evil
touch
thee.
In famine he shall redeem
thee from death
: and in war
from the power
of the sword
.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge
of the tongue
: neither shalt thou be afraid
of destruction
when it cometh
.
At destruction and famine
thou shalt laugh
: neither shalt thou be afraid
of the beasts
of the earth
.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones
of the field
: and the beasts
of the field
shall be at peace
with thee.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle
shall be in peace
; and thou shalt visit
thy habitation
, and shalt not sin
.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed
shall be great
, and thine offspring
as the grass
of the earth
.
Thou shalt come to thy grave
in a full age
, like as a shock of corn
cometh in
in his season
.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; hear
it, and know
thou it for thy good.