Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 "Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
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"Cry out! Is there anyone to 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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Certainly, anger kills a stubborn fool, and jealousy murders a gullible person.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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I have seen a stubborn fool take root, but I quickly cursed his house.
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. They are crushed at the city gate, and no one is there to rescue them.
5 His harvest the hungry eateth up and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. They take it even from among the thorns, and thirsty people pant after his wealth.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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Certainly, sorrow doesn't come from the soil, and trouble doesn't sprout from the ground.
7 yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up [from a fire].
8 "I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause.
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"But I would seek God's help and present my case to him.
9 He doeth great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
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He does great things that [we] cannot understand and miracles that [we] cannot count.
10 He giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields,
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He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
11 to set up on high those that are low, that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.
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He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
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He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plans so that they cannot do anything successfully.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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He catches the wise with their own tricks. The plans of schemers prove to be hasty.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
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In the daytime they meet darkness and grope in the sunlight as if it were night.
15 But He saveth the poor from the sword, from the mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
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"But he saves [other people] from their slander and the needy from the power of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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Then the poor have hope while wrongdoing 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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"Blessed is the person whom God corrects. That person should not despise discipline from the Almighty.
18 For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.
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God injures, but he bandages. He beats you up, but his hands make you well.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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He will keep you safe from six troubles, and when the seventh one comes, 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 he will save you from 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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"When the tongue lashes out, you will be safe, and you will not be afraid of 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 will be able to laugh at destruction and starvation, so do not be afraid of wild animals on 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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"You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and 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 peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing.
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 find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave at a full age, 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 stack of hay in the right season.
27 Lo, this we have searched out; so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good."
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"We have studied all of this thoroughly! This is the way it is. Listen to it, and learn it for yourself."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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