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1 voca ergo si est qui tibi respondeat et ad aliquem sanctorum convertere
1 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 vere stultum interficit iracundia et parvulum occidit invidia
2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
3 ego vidi stultum firma radice et maledixi pulchritudini eius statim
3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 longe fient filii eius a salute et conterentur in porta et non erit qui eruat
4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
5 cuius messem famelicus comedet et ipsum rapiet armatus et ebibent sitientes divitias eius
5 The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 nihil in terra sine causa fit et de humo non orietur dolor
6 For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 homo ad laborem nascitur et avis ad volatum
7 but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
8 quam ob rem ego deprecabor Dominum et ad Deum ponam eloquium meum
8 “As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause,
9 qui facit magna et inscrutabilia et mirabilia absque numero
9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
10 qui dat pluviam super faciem terrae et inrigat aquis universa
10 he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
11 qui ponit humiles in sublimi et maerentes erigit sospitate
11 he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 qui dissipat cogitationes malignorum ne possint implere manus eorum quod coeperant
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 qui adprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum et consilium pravorum dissipat
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14 per diem incurrent tenebras et quasi in nocte sic palpabunt in meridie
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 porro salvum faciet a gladio oris eorum et de manu violenti pauperem
15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
16 et erit egeno spes iniquitas autem contrahet os suum
16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 beatus homo qui corripitur a Domino increpationem ergo Domini ne reprobes
17 “Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
18 quia ipse vulnerat et medetur percutit et manus eius sanabunt
18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal.
19 in sex tribulationibus liberabit te et in septima non tanget te malum
19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.
20 in fame eruet te de morte et in bello de manu gladii
20 In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21 a flagello linguae absconderis et non timebis calamitatem cum venerit
21 You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
22 in vastitate et fame ridebis et bestiam terrae non formidabis
22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum et bestiae terrae pacificae erunt tibi
23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
24 et scies quod pacem habeat tabernaculum tuum et visitans speciem tuam non peccabis
24 You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
25 scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum et progenies tua quasi herba terrae
25 You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
26 ingredieris in abundantia sepulchrum sicut infertur acervus in tempore suo
26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season.
27 ecce hoc ut investigavimus ita est quod auditum mente pertracta
27 Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good. ”
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