1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee;
2For wrath killeth the foolish man,
3I have seen the foolish taking root:
4His children are far from safety,
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,
6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,
7Yet man is born unto trouble,
8I would seek unto God,
9Which doeth great things and unsearchable;
10Who giveth rain upon the earth,
11To set up on high those that be low;
12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty,
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness:
14They meet with darkness in the daytime,
15But he saveth the poor from the sword,
16So the poor hath hope,
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up:
19He shall deliver thee in six troubles:
20In famine he shall redeem thee from death:
21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue:
22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh:
23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field:
24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be 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;