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5:1 “Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? 5:2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one. 5:3 I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence. 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them. 5:5 The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth. 5:6 For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, 5:7 but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
5:8 “But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case. 5:9 He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; 5:10 he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; 5:11 he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. 5:12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned. 5:13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end. 5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night. 5:15 So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. 5:16 Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth. 5:17 “Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. 5:18 For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. 5:19 He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you. 5:20 In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword. 5:21 You will be protected from malicious gossip and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes. 5:22 You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 5:23 For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. 5:24 And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything. 5:25 You will also know that your children will be numerous and your descendants like the grass of the earth. 5:26 You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season. 5:27 Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”
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