[1]
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? turn: or, look?
[2]
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. envy: or, indignation
[3]
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
[4]
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them .
[5]
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
[6]
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; affliction: or, iniquity
[7]
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. trouble: or, labour sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly
[8]
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
[9]
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without...: Heb. till there be no number
[10]
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces
[11]
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
[12]
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. their enterprise: or, any thing
[13]
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
[14]
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. meet...: or, run into
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But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
[16]
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
[17]
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
[18]
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
[19]
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
[20]
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. power: Heb. hands
[21]
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. from...: or, when the tongue scourgeth
[22]
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
[23]
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
[24]
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle sin: or, err
[25]
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. great: or, much
[26]
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. cometh in: Heb. ascendeth
[27]
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is ; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. for...: Heb. for thyself

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