The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 "Call if you like, but will anyone answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For anger kills the fool, and envy slays the silly.
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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I watch as a fool establishes roots, but I curse his home with sudden [destruction] -
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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 his children are far from help, publicly humiliated, with no one to rescue;
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 the hungry eat up his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, while the thirsty are panting, eager to swallow his wealth.
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 For misery does not come from the dust or trouble spring from the ground.
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Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 No, people are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 "If I were you, I would seek God; I would make my plea to him.
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I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 For God does great deeds beyond investigation, wonders beyond all reckoning.
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Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 He gives rain to the earth, pours water down on the fields.
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Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 He raises the lowly on high and lifts mourners to safety.
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To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He frustrates the schemes of the cunning, so that they achieve no success;
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He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 trapping the crafty in their own tricks and foiling quickly the plans of the false.
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness during the day, groping at noon like at night.
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They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, their mouth, and from the clutches of the strong;
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But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 so the poor can hope again; and injustice shuts its mouth.
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So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 "How happy the person whom God corrects! So don't despise Shaddai's discipline.
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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he wounds, but he bandages the sore; his hands may strike, but they also heal.
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For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He will rescue you from six disasters; yes, in seven no harm will touch you.
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He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine, he will save you from death, and in war, from the power of the sword.
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In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 You will be shielded from the lash of the tongue, and you won't have to fear destruction when it comes -
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 you'll be able to laugh at destruction and famine. Also you won't have to fear wild animals,
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 for you will be in league with the stones in the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
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For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 You will know that your tent is safe; you will look round your home and miss nothing.
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And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 You will know that your descendants are many, your offspring like grass [growing thick] in the fields.
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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to your grave at a ripe old age, like a pile of grain that arrives in season.
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 "We've looked into this, and that's how it is; listen, and know that it's for your own good."
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Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.