1 ¶ Call now, if there shall be anyone to answer thee; and if there shall be any of the saints for thee to look unto?

Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

2 I t is certain that wrath kills the foolish man, and envy consumes the covetous one.

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but at the same time I cursed his habitation.

I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 H is sons are far from saving health, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and there shall be no one to deliver them.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

5 T he hungry shall eat up his harvest, and even take it out from among the thorns, and the thirsty shall drink up their substance.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

6 ¶ For the iniquity does not come forth out of the dust; neither does chastisement spring up out of the ground;

For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

7 y et man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

8 I would certainly seek God, and unto God would I commit my affairs;

But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;

9 w ho does great things that no one can understand, and marvels that have no explanation;

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

10 w ho gives rain upon the earth and sends waters abroad;

Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;

11 w ho sets up the humble on high, that those who mourn may be lifted up with saving health.

Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.

12 H e frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.

13 H e takes the wise in their own prudence, and the counsel of his adversaries is turned to folly.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:

14 T hey meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in the night.

They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

15 B ut he saves the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the wicked, and from the hand of the violent.

And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

16 W ho is the hope of the poor, and iniquity closes her mouth.

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

17 ¶ Behold, blessed is the man whom God chastens; therefore, do not despise not the correction of the Almighty.

Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

18 F or he makes sore, and binds up; he wounds, and his hands make whole.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

19 H e shall deliver thee in six tribulations, and in the seventh no evil shall touch thee.

He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

20 I n famine he shall ransom thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

21 T hou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

22 A t destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth;

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

23 f or thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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 A nd thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent, and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin.

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

25 T hou shalt know that thy seed is great and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

26 T hou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of wheat that is gathered in its season.

Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

27 B ehold that which we have searched out, so it is; hear it and judge it for thyself.

Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.