1Call[H7121] now, if there be[H3426] any that will answer[H6030] thee; and to which of the saints[H6918] wilt thou turn?[H6437]
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For wrath[H3708]killeth[H2026] the foolish man[H191], and envy[H7068]slayeth[H4191] the silly one[H6601].
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I have seen[H7200] the foolish[H191] taking root[H8327]: but suddenly[H6597] I cursed[H5344] his habitation[H5116].
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His children[H1121] are far[H7368] from safety[H3468], and they are crushed[H1792] in the gate[H8179], neither is there any to deliver[H5337] them.
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Whose harvest[H7105] the hungry[H7457] eateth up[H398], and taketh[H3947] it even out[H413] of the thorns[H6791], and the robber[H6782] swalloweth up[H7602] their substance[H2428].
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Although affliction[H205] cometh not forth[H3318] of the dust[H6083], neither doth trouble[H5999] spring out[H6779] of the ground[H127];
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Yet man[H120] is born[H3205] unto trouble[H5999], as the sparks[H1121]fly[H5774]upward[H1361].
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I would seek[H199] unto God[H410], and unto God[H430] would I commit[H7760] my cause[H1700]:
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Which doeth[H6213] great things[H1419] and unsearchable[H369]; marvellous things[H6381] without number[H4557]:
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Who giveth[H5414]rain[H4306]upon[H6440] the earth[H776], and sendeth[H7971]waters[H4325]upon[H6440] the fields[H2351]:
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To set up[H7760] on high[H4791] those that be low[H8217]; that those which mourn[H6937] may be exalted[H7682] to safety[H3468].
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He disappointeth[H6565] the devices[H4284] of the crafty[H6175], so that their hands[H3027] cannot perform[H6213] their enterprise[H8454].
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He taketh[H3920] the wise[H2450] in their own craftiness[H6193]: and the counsel[H6098] of the froward[H6617] is carried headlong[H4116].
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They meet[H6298] with darkness[H2822] in the daytime[H3119], and grope[H4959] in the noonday[H6672] as in the night[H3915].
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But he saveth[H3467] the poor[H34] from the sword[H2719], from their mouth[H6310], and from the hand[H3027] of the mighty[H2389].
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So the poor[H1800] hath hope[H8615], and iniquity[H5766]stoppeth[H7092] her mouth[H6310].
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Behold, happy[H835] is the man[H582] whom God[H433]correcteth[H3198]: therefore despise[H3988] not thou the chastening[H4148] of the Almighty[H7706]:
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For he maketh sore[H3510], and bindeth up[H2280]: he woundeth[H4272], and his hands[H3027] make whole[H7495].
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He shall deliver[H5337] thee in six[H8337]troubles[H6869]: yea, in seven[H7651] there shall no evil[H7451]touch[H5060] thee.
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In famine[H7458] he shall redeem[H6299] thee from death[H4194]: and in war[H4421] from the power[H3027] of the sword[H2719].
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Thou shalt be hid[H2244] from the scourge[H7752] of the tongue[H3956]: neither shalt thou be afraid[H3372] of destruction[H7701] when it cometh[H935].
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At destruction[H7701] and famine[H3720] thou shalt laugh[H7832]: neither shalt thou be afraid[H3372] of the beasts[H2416] of the earth[H776].
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For thou shalt be in league[H1285] with the stones[H68] of the field[H7704]: and the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704] shall be at peace[H7999] with thee.
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And thou shalt know[H3045] that thy tabernacle[H168] shall be in peace[H7965]; and thou shalt visit[H6485] thy habitation[H5116], and shalt not sin[H2398].
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Thou shalt know[H3045] also that thy seed[H2233] shall be great[H7227], and thine offspring[H6631] as the grass[H6212] of the earth[H776].
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Thou shalt come[H935] to thy grave[H6913]in[H5927] a full age[H3624], like as a shock of corn[H1430] cometh in[H5927]in[H5927] his season[H6256].
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Lo this, we have searched[H2713] it, so it is; hear[H8085] it, and know[H3045] thou it for thy good.