1“Call out if you please, but who will answer?
2For resentment kills a fool,
3I have seen a fool taking root,
4His sons are far from safety,
5The hungry consume his harvest,
6For distress does not spring from the dust,
7Yet man is born to trouble
8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
9the One who does great and unsearchable things,
10He gives rain to the earth
11He sets the lowly on high,
12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty,
13He catches the wise in their craftiness,5:13 Cited in 1 Corinthians 3:19
14They encounter darkness by day
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth
16So the poor have hope,
17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects;
18For He wounds, but He also binds;
19He will rescue you from six calamities;
20In famine He will redeem you from death,
21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
22You will laugh at destruction and famine,
23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
24You will know that your tent is secure,
25You will know that your offspring will be many,
26You will come to the grave in full vigor,
27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true!