1Call now; is there any that will answer thee?
2For vexation killeth the foolish man,
3I have seen the foolish taking root:
4His children are far from safety,
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,
6For affliction cometh not forth from the dust,
7But man is born unto trouble,
8But as for me, I would seek unto God,
9Who doeth great things and unsearchable,
10Who giveth rain upon the earth,
11So that he setteth up on high those that are low,
12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty,
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;
14They meet with darkness in the day-time,
15But he saveth from the sword of their mouth,
16So the poor hath hope,
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up;
19He will deliver thee in six troubles;
20In famine he will redeem thee from death;
21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue;
22At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh;
23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field;
24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace;
25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great,
26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age,
27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;