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The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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voca ergo si est qui tibi respondeat et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere
2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
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vere stultum interficit iracundia et parvulum occidit invidia
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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ego vidi stultum firma radice et maledixi pulchritudini eius statim
4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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longe fient filii eius a salute et conterentur in porta et non erit qui eruat
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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cuius messem famelicus comedet et ipsum rapiet armatus et ebibent sitientes divitias eius
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
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nihil in terra sine causa fit et de humo non orietur dolor
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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homo ad laborem nascitur et avis ad volatum
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
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quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum
9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
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qui facit magna et inscrutabilia et mirabilia absque numero
10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
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qui dat pluviam super faciem terrae et inrigat aquis universa
11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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qui ponit humiles in sublimi et maerentes erigit sospitate
12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum ne possint implere manus eorum quod coeperant
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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qui adprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum et consilium pravorum dissipat
14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
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per diem incurrent tenebras et quasi in nocte sic palpabunt in meridie
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
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porro salvum faciet a gladio oris eorum et de manu violenti pauperem
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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et erit egeno spes iniquitas autem contrahet os suum
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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beatus homo qui corripitur a Domino increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
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quia ipse vulnerat et medetur percutit et manus eius sanabunt
19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
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in sex tribulationibus liberabit te et in septima non tanget te malum
20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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in fame eruet te de morte et in bello de manu gladii
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
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a flagello linguae absconderis et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
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in vastitate et fame ridebis et bestiam terrae non formidabis
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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sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum et bestiae terrae pacificae erunt tibi
24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
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et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum et visitans speciem tuam non peccabis
25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum et progenies tua quasi herba terrae
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
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ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum sicut infertur acervus in tempore suo
27 “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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ecce hoc ut investigavimus ita est quod auditum mente pertracta
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