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| 1“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? | 1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? |
| 2Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. | 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. |
| 3I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. | 3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. |
| 4His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. | 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. |
| 5The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. | 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. |
| 6For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground, | 6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; |
| 7but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. | 7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. |
| 8“As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, | 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: |
| 9who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: | 9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: |
| 10he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields; | 10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: |
| 11he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. | 11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. |
| 12He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. | 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. |
| 13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. | 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. |
| 14They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. | 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. |
| 15But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. | 15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. |
| 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. | 16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. |
| 17“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. | 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: |
| 18For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal. | 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. |
| 19He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you. | 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. |
| 20In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. | 20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. |
| 21You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. | 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. |
| 22At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. | 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. |
| 23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. | 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. |
| 24You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. | 24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. |
| 25You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. | 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. |
| 26You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. | 26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. |
| 27Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.” | 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. |
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