Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?
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Call out if you please. Will anyone answer you? Which of the holy ones will you turn to?
2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
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For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.
3 I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
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I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
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His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the [city] gate, with no one to defend [them].
5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
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The hungry consume his harvest, even taking it out of the thorns. The thirsty pant for his children's wealth.
6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.
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For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.
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But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
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However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to Him.
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
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He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
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He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
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He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.
12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
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He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
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He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.
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They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night.
15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,
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He saves the needy from their sharp words and from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,
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See how happy the man is God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.
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For He crushes but also binds up; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
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He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
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In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword.
21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.
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You will be safe from slander and not fear destruction when it comes.
22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.
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You will laugh at destruction and hunger and not fear the animals of the earth.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)
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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 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,
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You will know that your tent is secure, and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.
25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
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You will also know that your offspring will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
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You will approach the grave in full vigor, as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
27 Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!
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We have investigated this, and it is true! Hear it and understand [it] for yourself.
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