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