Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Call now;
is
there
any
that
will answer thee
? And
to which of the holy ones wilt
thou
turn?
“
Call out
if
you
please,
but
who
will answer? To which of the holy ones will
you
turn?
For vexation
killeth
the
foolish
man
, And jealousy
slayeth
the silly
one
.
For resentment
kills
a
fool
, and envy
slays
the simple
.
I have seen the
foolish
taking root :
But suddenly I
cursed
his habitation
.
I have seen a
fool
taking root ,
but suddenly his house
was
cursed
.
His children
are far from safety, And
they
are
crushed in the
gate,
Neither
is
there
any
to
deliver
them:
His sons
are far from safety, crushed in court
without
a
defender.
Whose
harvest
the hungry eateth
up
, And
taketh
it even out
of
the thorns ;
And the snare
gapeth
for
their
substance
.
The hungry consume
his
harvest
, taking
it even from
the thorns ,
and the thirsty
pant
after
his
wealth
.
For affliction
cometh
not forth
from the dust, Neither
doth
trouble spring
out
of
the ground ;
For distress
does
not spring
from the dust, and
trouble does
not
sprout
from
the ground .
But
man is born unto
trouble ,
As the
sparks fly upward.
Yet
man is born to
trouble as surely
as
sparks fly upward.
But
as
for
me
, I would seek
unto
God ,
And unto
God
would
I
commit
my cause ;
However
, if
I were
you,
I
would appeal
to
God and lay
my cause before
Him—
Who doeth
great things
and unsearchable ,
Marvellous
things without number :
the
One
who does
great and unsearchable things ,
wonders
without number .
Who
giveth
rain upon
the earth ,
And sendeth
waters
upon the fields ;
He
gives
rain to
the earth and sends
water
upon the fields .
So
that
he setteth
up
on high those
that
are
low
, And
those
that mourn
are exalted
to safety.
He sets
the
lowly
on high, so
that mourners
are lifted
to safety.
He frustrateth
the devices
of the crafty, So that their hands cannot
perform
their
enterprise
.
He thwarts
the schemes
of the crafty, so that their hands find
no
success
.
He taketh
the wise in their own
craftiness ;
And the counsel
of the cunning is
carried
headlong
.
He catches
the wise in their craftiness ,
and sweeps
away
the plans
of the cunning.
They meet
with
darkness in
the
day -time,
And grope at noonday
as in the night.
They encounter
darkness by
day and grope at noon
as in the night.
But
he saveth
from the sword of
their mouth ,
Even
the
needy
from the hand
of the mighty
.
He saves
the
needy
from the sword in
their mouth and
from the clutches
of the powerful
.
So the poor hath
hope, And iniquity
stoppeth
her
mouth.
So the poor have
hope, and injustice
shuts
its
mouth.
Behold,
happy
is the man whom God correcteth:
Therefore
despise
not thou
the chastening
of the Almighty.
Blessed
indeed
is the man whom God corrects;
so
do
not despise
the discipline
of the Almighty.
For he maketh
sore
, and
bindeth
up
; He woundeth
, and
his hands make
whole
.
For He wounds
, but
He
also
binds
; He strikes
, but
His hands also
heal
.
He will deliver
thee
in
six troubles
; Yea,
in
seven
there
shall
no evil
touch thee
.
He will rescue
you
from
six calamities
; no harm
will
touch you
in
seven
.
In famine he will redeem thee
from death ;
And in war
from the power
of the sword.
In famine He will redeem you
from death ,
and in battle
from the stroke
of the sword.
Thou
shalt
be hid
from the scourge of the tongue ;
Neither
shalt
thou
be
afraid
of
destruction
when it cometh
.
You
will
be hidden
from the scourge of the tongue ,
and
will
not
fear
havoc
when it comes
.
At destruction and dearth
thou
shalt
laugh;
Neither
shalt
thou
be
afraid
of
the beasts of the earth.
You
will
laugh
at destruction and famine,
and
need
not
fear
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
.
For you
will
have
a
covenant
with the stones of the field ,
and the wild
animals
will
be at peace with you
.
And
thou
shalt
know that thy
tent is in
peace;
And
thou
shalt
visit
thy
fold
, and shalt
miss
nothing.
You
will
know that your
tent is secure
, and find
nothing amiss
when
inspecting
your
home
.
Thou
shalt
know also
that thy
seed
shall
be great
, And
thine
offspring
as
the grass of the earth.
You
will
know that your
offspring
will
be many
, your
descendants
like
the grass of the earth.
Thou
shalt
come to thy
grave in a
full age
, Like as
a shock
of grain cometh
in
in its
season.
You
will
come to the
grave in full vigor
, like a sheaf
of grain gathered
in season.
Lo
this
, we have searched
it
, so
it is ;
Hear it ,
and know thou
it
for thy
good
.
Indeed
, we have investigated
, and
it is true!
So
hear it and know for yourself
. ”
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