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God Is Just
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
Surely resentment destroys the fool,
and jealousy kills the simple.
and jealousy kills the simple.
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.
And jealousy kills 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 foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.
And I cursed his abode immediately.
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 sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.
“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
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.
For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.
As sparks fly upward.
“If I were you, I would go to God
and present my case to him.
and present my case to him.
“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;
And I would place my cause before God;
He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
He performs countless miracles.
Who does great and unsearchable things,
Wonders without number.
Wonders 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 water on the fields,
And sends water on the fields,
He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.
and protects those who suffer.
So that 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 plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.
So that their hands cannot attain success.
He traps the wise in their own cleverness
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.
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.
“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.
And grope at noon 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 from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.
And the poor 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 helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.
And unrighteousness must shut its 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, how happy is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
So do not despise 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 inflicts pain, and gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.
He wounds, and His hands also 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.
“From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven evil will not touch you.
Even in seven evil will not touch you.
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 will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.
You will laugh at destruction and famine;
wild animals will not terrify you.
wild animals will not terrify you.
“You will laugh at violence and famine,
And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.
And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.
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 will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
And the beasts of the field will 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 will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.
You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
And your offspring 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 will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.
Like the stacking of grain in its season.