5CALL NOW--is there any who will answer you? And to which of the holy [angels] will you turn?H7121H3426H6030H6918H64372For vexation {and} rage kill the foolish man; jealousy {and} indignation slay the simple.H3708H2026H191H7068H4191H66013I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering], but suddenly I saw that his dwelling was cursed [for his doom was certain].H7200H191H8327H6597H5344H51164His children are far from safety; [involved in their father's ruin] they are crushed in the [court of justice in the city's] gate, and there is no one to deliver them.H1121H7368H3468H1792H8179H53375His harvest the hungry eat and take it even [when it grows] among the thorns; the snare opens for [his] wealth.H7105H7457H398H3947H413H6791H6782H7602H24286For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring forth out of the ground.H205H3318H6083H5999H6779H1277But man is born to trouble as the sparks {and} the flames fly upward.H120H3205H5999H1121H7565H5774H13618As for me, I would seek God {and} inquire of {and} require Him, and to God would I commit my cause--H199H1875H410H430H7760H17009Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,H6213H1419H369H2714H6381H455710Who gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields,H5414H4306H6440H776H7971H4325H6440H235111So that He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn He lifts to safety.H7760H4791H8217H6937H7682H346812He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise {or} anything of [lasting] worth.H6565H4284H6175H3027H6213H845413He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end.H3920H2450H6193H6098H6617H411614In the daytime they meet in darkness, and at noon they grope as in the night.H6298H2822H3119H4959H6672H391515But [God] saves [the fatherless] from the sword of their mouth, and the needy from the hand of the mighty.H3467H34H2719H6310H3027H238916So the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts her mouth.H1800H8615H5766H7092H631017Happy {and} fortunate is the man whom God reproves; so do not despise {or} reject the correction of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].H835H582H433H3198H3988H4148H770618For He wounds, but He binds up; He smites, but His hands heal.H3510H2280H4272H3027H749519He will rescue you in six troubles; in seven nothing that is evil [for you] will touch you.H5337H8337H6869H7651H7451H506020In famine He will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.H7458H6299H4194H4421H3027H271921You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.H2244H7752H3956H3372H7701H93522At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the living creatures of the earth.H7701H3720H7832H3372H2416H77623For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.H1285H68H7704H2416H7704H799924And you shall know that your tent shall be in peace, and you shall visit your fold {and} your dwelling and miss nothing [from them].H3045H168H7965H6485H5116H239825You shall know also that your children shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.H3045H2233H7227H6631H6212H77626You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, and as a shock of grain goes up [to the threshing floor] in its season.H935H6913H3624H1430H5927H625627This is what we have searched out; it is true. Hear {and} heed it and know for yourself [for your good].H2713H8085H3045
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