American Standard Version of 1901
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Call now; is there any that will answer thee?And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
For vexation killeth the foolish man,And {Or, indignation}jealousy slayeth the silly one.
I have seen the foolish taking root:But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety,And they are crushed in the gate,Neither is there any to deliver them:
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,And taketh it even out of the thorns;And {According to Vulgate, the thirsty swallow up.}the snare gapeth for their substance.
For {Or, iniquity See chapter 4:8.}affliction cometh not forth from the dust,Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
But man is born unto trouble,As {Hebrew: the sons of flame (or, of lightning).}the sparks fly upward.
But as for me, I would seek unto God,And unto God would I commit my cause;
Who doeth great things and unsearchable,Marvellous things without number:
Who giveth rain upon the earth,And sendeth waters upon the fields;
So that he setteth up on high those that are low,And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty,So that their hands {Or, can perform nothing of worth}cannot perform their enterprise.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
They meet with darkness in the day-time,And grope at noonday as in the night.
But he saveth from the sword {Hebrew: out of their mouth.}of their mouth,Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
So the poor hath hope,And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Behold, happy is the man whom God {Or, reproveth}correcteth:Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
He will deliver thee in six troubles;Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In famine he will redeem thee from death;And in war from the power of the sword.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh;Neither shalt thou be afraid of 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.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace;And thou shalt visit thy {Or, habitation}fold, and {Or, shall not err}shalt miss nothing.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,And thine offspring as 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.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;Hear it, and know thou it {Hebrew: for thyself.}for thy good.