King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
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 now; is there anyone who will answer you? 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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Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.
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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Their children are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
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 their harvest, and they take it even out of the thorns; and the thirsty pant after their 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 earth, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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but human beings are born to trouble just as sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
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"As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
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He does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
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He gives rain on the earth and sends waters 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 sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted 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 devices of the crafty, so that their hands 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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He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
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 in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the 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 needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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So the poor have hope, 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 is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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For he wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall 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 redeem 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 shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not 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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At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.
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 shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild animals shall 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 shall know that your tent is safe, you shall inspect your fold 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 shall know that your descendants will be many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
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 shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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See, we have searched this out; it is true. Hear, and know it for yourself."
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New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.