American Standard Version of 1901
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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.
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,And sow {Or, mischief}trouble, reap the same.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in {Or, sorrow}toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, {Proverbs 3:11 f.}My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord,Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
{Or, Endure unto chastening}It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?
But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of {Or, our spirits}spirits, and live?
For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Trust in him at all times, ye people;Pour out your heart before him:God is a refuge for us. [Selah
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
Thou art the God that doest wonders:Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.
that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
He hath put down princes from their thrones,And hath exalted them of low degree.