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