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1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
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1 "Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
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2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
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3 I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
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3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
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5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
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6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
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7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
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7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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8 Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
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8 "But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
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9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
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9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
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10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
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10 He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside.
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11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
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11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
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12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
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13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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14 By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
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14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
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15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
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15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
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16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
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16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
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17 "Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
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18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
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19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
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19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will befall you.
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20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
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20 In famine he will ransom you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
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21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
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22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
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22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
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23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
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23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
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24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
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24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
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25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
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25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
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26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
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27 Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
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27 "We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself."
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