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