5 Call
now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints
wilt thou turn? 2 For
wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 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; 7 Yet
man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 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: 10 Who
giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 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. 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 day time, and grope in the noonday as in the
night.
15
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. 21 Thou
shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid
of destruction when it cometh. 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. 25 Thou
shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the
grass of the earth. 26 Thou
shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in
in his season. 27 Lo
this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.