Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
Call out
if
you
please
, but
who
will
answer? To
which of the holy ones will
you
turn?
Pray,
call, is
there
any
to
answer thee
? And
unto
which of the holy ones dost
thou
turn?
For resentment
kills
a
fool
, and envy slays
the simple .
For provocation
slayeth
the
perverse
, And envy putteth
to
death
the simple ,
I have seen a
fool
taking root, but
suddenly
his house
was
cursed.
I --
I
have seen the
perverse
taking root, And
I
mark
his habitation
straightway,
His sons are
far
from safety, crushed
in court
without
a
defender
.
Far
are
his sons from safety, And
they
are
bruised
in the
gate,
And
there
is
no
deliverer
.
The hungry consume
his
harvest
, taking
it
even from the thorns, and the thirsty
pant
after
his
wealth.
Whose
harvest
the hungry doth
eat
, And
even from the thorns taketh
it
, And the designing
swallowed
their
wealth.
For distress
does
not spring
from the dust, and
trouble
does
not
sprout
from the ground.
For sorrow
cometh
not forth
from the dust, Nor
from the ground springeth
up
misery
.
Yet
man is born to
trouble
as
surely
as
sparks fly upward
.
For
man to
misery
is born ,
And
the
sparks go
high
to
fly.
However,
if
I were
you,
I would
appeal
to
God and lay
my cause
before
Him—
Yet
I --
I inquire
for
God ,
And for
God
I
give
my word,
the
One
who
does
great and
unsearchable
things, wonders
without
number
.
Doing
great things, and
there
is
no
searching
. Wonderful,
till
there
is
no
numbering.
He
gives
rain to
the earth
and sends
water
upon
the fields
.
Who
is
giving
rain on
the face
of
the
land,
And is
sending
waters
on
the out-places
.
He
sets
the lowly
on high, so
that
mourners are
lifted
to
safety.
To
set
the low
on a
high place
, And
the
mourners have
been
high
`in'
safety.
He
thwarts
the
schemes
of the crafty
, so
that
their hands find
no
success
.
Making
void
thoughts
of the subtile
, And
their hands do
not
execute
wisdom
.
He
catches
the wise in their craftiness
, and sweeps
away
the plans
of the
cunning.
Capturing
the wise in their subtilty
, And the counsel
of wrestling
ones
was
hastened,
They
encounter
darkness
by day and grope at noon as
in
the
night
.
By day they
meet
darkness,
And as
night
--
they
grope at noon.
He saves
the needy
from the
sword
in
their mouth and from the
clutches
of
the powerful.
And
He saveth
the wasted
from their mouth ,
And from a
strong
hand
the needy,
So
the poor have
hope
, and injustice
shuts
its
mouth.
And
there
is
hope
to
the poor, And perverseness
hath
shut
her
mouth.
Blessed
indeed
is
the man whom
God corrects;
so
do
not
despise
the discipline
of the Almighty.
Lo,
the happiness
of
mortal
man ,
God doth
reprove
him:
And
the chastisement
of the Mighty
despise
not,
For He wounds
, but
He also
binds;
He strikes
, but
His hands also
heal.
For He doth
pain
, and
He bindeth
up,
He smiteth
, and
His hands heal.
He
will
rescue
you
from
six calamities;
no
harm
will
touch
you
in seven.
In
six distresses
He
delivereth
thee,
And
in seven evil
striketh
not
on
thee
.
In famine He will
redeem
you
from death, and in battle from the stroke
of the sword.
In famine He hath
redeemed
thee
from death, And in battle from the hands
of the sword.
You
will
be
hidden
from
the
scourge
of
the tongue, and will
not fear
havoc
when it comes
.
When
the tongue scourgeth
thou
art
hid
, And thou
art
not afraid
of
destruction,
When it cometh
.
You
will
laugh
at destruction and famine
, and need
not
fear
the beasts
of the earth.
At destruction and at
hunger
thou
mockest
, And of
the beast
of the earth ,
Thou
art
not
afraid
.
For you
will
have
a
covenant
with the
stones
of the field, and the wild
animals
will
be
at peace with you
.
(
For with sons
of the field `is'
thy
covenant
, And the beast
of
the
field
Hath
been
at peace with thee
. )
You
will
know
that your
tent is secure
, and find
nothing
amiss
when
inspecting
your
home.
And
thou
hast
known
that thy
tent `
is '
peace
, And inspected
thy
habitation,
and
errest
not,
You
will
know
that your
offspring
will
be
many
, your
descendants
like
the grass
of the earth .
And
hast
known
that numerous
`is'
Thy
seed
, And
thine
offspring
as
the herb
of the earth ;
You
will
come
to
the
grave
in full vigor
, like
a
sheaf
of grain
gathered
in season.
Thou
comest
in full age
unto
the
grave
, As
the
going
up
of a
stalk
in its
season.
Indeed
, we have
investigated,
and
it is
true!
So
hear
it and know for yourself.”
Lo
, this
--
we searched
it out
--
it `is'
right,
hearken;
And thou,
know for thyself!
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