Dual Panel1“Call <07121> now <04994>! Is there <03426> anyone who will answer <06030> you? To <0413> which <04310> of the holy ones <06918> will you turn <06437>?
2For <03588> wrath <03708> kills <02026> the foolish person <0191>, and anger <07068> slays <04191> the silly one <06601>.
3I <0589> myself have seen <07200> the fool <0191> taking root <08327>, but suddenly <06597> I cursed <05344> his place of residence <05116>.
4His children <01121> are far <07368> from safety <03468>, and they are crushed <01792> at the place where judgment is rendered <08179>, nor is there anyone <0369> to deliver <05337> them.
5The hungry <07456> eat up <0398> his harvest <07105>, and take <03947> it even from <0413> behind the thorns <06791>, and the thirsty <06782> swallow up <07602> their fortune <02428>.
6For <03588> evil <0205> does not <03808> come up <03318> from the dust <06083>, nor <03808> does trouble <05999> spring up <06779> from the ground <0127>,
7but <03588> people <0120> are born <03205> to trouble <05999>, as surely as the sparks <07565> <01121> fly <05774> upward <01361>.
8“But as for <0199> me, I <0589> would seek <01875> God <0410>, and to <0413> God <0430> I would set forth <07760> my case <01700>.
9He does <06213> great <01419> and unsearchable <02714> <0369> things, marvelous things <06381> without <0369> <05704> number <04557>;
10he gives <05414> rain <04306> on <05921> the earth <0776>, and sends <07971> water <04325> on <05921> the fields <02351>;
11he sets <07760> the lowly <08217> on high <04791>, that those who mourn <06937> are raised <07682> to safety <03468>.
12He frustrates <06565> the plans <04284> of the crafty <06175> so that their hands <03027> cannot <03808> accomplish <06213> what they had planned <08454>!
13He catches <03920> the wise <02450> in their own craftiness <06193>, and the counsel <06098> of the cunning <06617> is brought to a quick end <04116>.
14They meet <06298> with darkness <02822> in the daytime <03119>, and grope <04959> about in the noontime <06672> as if it were night <03915>.
15So he saves <03467> from the sword <02719> that comes from their mouth <06310>, even the poor <034> from the hand <03027> of the powerful <02389>.
16Thus <01961> the poor <01800> have hope <08615>, and iniquity <05766> shuts <07092> its mouth <06310>.
17“Therefore <02009>, blessed <0835> is the man <0582> whom God <0433> corrects <03198>, so do not <0408> despise <03988> the discipline <04148> of the Almighty <07706>.
18For <03588> he <01931> wounds <03510>, but he also bandages <02280>; he strikes <04272>, but his hands <03027> also heal <07495>.
19He will deliver <05337> you from six <08337> calamities <06869>; yes, in seven <07651> no <03808> evil <07451> will touch <05060> you.
20In time of famine <07458> he will redeem <06299> you from death <04194>, and in time of war <04421> from the power <03027> of the sword <02719>.
21You will be protected <02244> from malicious <07752> gossip <03956>, and will not <03808> be afraid <03372> of the destruction <07701> when <03588> it comes <0935>.
22You will laugh <07832> at destruction <07701> and famine <03720> and need not <0408> be afraid <03372> of the beasts <02416> of the earth <0776>.
23For <03588> you will have a pact <01285> with <05973> the stones <068> of the field <07704>, and the wild <07704> animals <02416> will be at peace <07999> with you.
24And you will know <03045> that <03588> your home <0168> will be secure <07965>, and when you inspect <06485> your domains <05116>, you will not <03808> be missing <02398> anything.
25You will also know <03045> that <03588> your children <06631> will be numerous <07227>, and your descendants <02233> like the grass <06212> of the earth <0776>.
26You will come <0935> to <0413> your grave <06913> in a full age <03624>, As stacks of grain <01430> are harvested in their season <06256>.
27Look <02009>, we have investigated <02713> this <02063>, so <03651> it <01931> is true. Hear <08085> it, and apply <03045> it for your <0859> own good.”