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1 "Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
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3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
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4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
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5 The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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6 For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
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7 but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
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8 "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
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9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
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10 he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
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11 he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.
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15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
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16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
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17 "Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
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18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
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19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
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20 In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
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21 You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
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22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
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23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
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24 You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
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25 You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
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26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
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27 Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
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