Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Call out if you please. Will anyone answer you? Which of the holy ones will you turn to?
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“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.
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Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
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I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the [city] gate, with no one to defend [them].
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His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, even taking it out of the thorns. The thirsty pant for his children's wealth.
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The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
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For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to Him.
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“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9 He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
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He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
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He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11 He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.
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The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.
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He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.
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He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14 They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night.
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Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 He saves the needy from their sharp words and from the clutches of the powerful.
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 See how happy the man is God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
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“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For He crushes but also binds up; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
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For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
19 He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
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From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
20 In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword.
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In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 You will be safe from slander and not fear destruction when it comes.
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You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger and not fear the animals of the earth.
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You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
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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For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure, and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.
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You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25 You will also know that your offspring will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You will approach the grave in full vigor, as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
27 We have investigated this, and it is true! Hear it and understand [it] for yourself.
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“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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