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“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
and jealousy kills the simple.
Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.
and jealousy slays the simple.
I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.
but then comes sudden disaster.
I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Their children are abandoned far from help;
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
they are crushed in court with no one to defend them.
His children are far from safety;
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.
But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
but man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
as the sparks fly upward.
“If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
and present my case to him.
“As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,
and to God would I commit my cause,
He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
He performs countless miracles.
who does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number:
marvelous things without number:
He gives rain for the earth
and water for the fields.
and water for the fields.
he gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;
and sends waters on the fields;
He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
and protects those who suffer.
he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
He frustrates the plans of schemers
so the work of their hands will not succeed.
so the work of their hands will not succeed.
He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
so that their hands achieve no success.
He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
They find it is dark in the daytime,
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
They meet with darkness in the daytime
and grope at noonday as in the night.
and grope at noonday as in the night.
He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.
and from the hand of the mighty.
And so at last the poor have hope,
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.
So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.
and injustice shuts her mouth.
“But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
For though he wounds, he also bandages.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
He strikes, but his hands also heal.
For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.
he shatters, but his hands heal.
From six disasters he will rescue you;
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
He will save you from death in time of famine,
from the power of the sword in time of war.
from the power of the sword in time of war.
In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.
and in war from the power of the sword.
You will be safe from slander
and have no fear when destruction comes.
and have no fear when destruction comes.
You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
You will laugh at destruction and famine;
wild animals will not terrify you.
wild animals will not terrify you.
At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
You will be at peace with the stones of the field,
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
You will know that your home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
You shall know that your tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
You shall know also that your offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.