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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
2 Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
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For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
6 For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
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For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
8 “But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
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Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
9 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
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Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
10 He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
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Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
11 The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
12 He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
13 He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
14 Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
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By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
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And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
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For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
19 From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
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In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
20 In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
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When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
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At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
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 with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
24 You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
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And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
25 You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
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Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
27 “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
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