[1] "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy
ones will you turn? [2] For resentment kills the foolish man, And
jealousy kills the simple. [3] I have seen the foolish taking root, But
suddenly I cursed his habitation. [4] His children are far from safety,
They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, [5]
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, Takes it even out of the thorns;
The snare gapes for their substance. [6] For affliction doesn`t come forth
from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground; [7] But
man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward. [8] "But as for me, I
would seek God, To God would I commit my cause; [9] Who does great
things that can`t be fathomed, Marvelous things without number; [10] Who
gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields; [11] So that he
sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to
safety. [12] He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their
hands can`t perform their enterprise. [13] He takes the wise in their own
craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. [14] They
meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the
night. [15] But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy
from the hand of the mighty. [16] So the poor has hope, And injustice
shuts her mouth. [17] "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects:
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. [18] For he
wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole. [19] He will
deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch
you. [20] In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the
power of the sword. [21] You shall be hidden from the scourge of the
tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. [22]
At destruction and dearth you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid
of the animals of the earth. [23] For you shall be in league with the
stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with
you. [24] You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit
your fold, and shall miss nothing. [25] You shall know also that your seed
shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth. [26] You shall
come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its
season. [27] Look this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know
it for your good."
