1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them]. 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. 6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: 10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: 11And setteth vp on hie them that be lowe, that the sorowfull may be exalted to saluation. 12He scattereth the deuices of the craftie: so that their handes can not accomplish that which they doe enterprise. 13He taketh the wise in their craftinesse, and the counsel of the wicked is made foolish. 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. 15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie. 18For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole. 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20In famine he shal deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde. 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it commeth. 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle [shall be] in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. 25Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth. 26Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season. 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.