Call now, if there be any who will answer you; and to which of the holy ones will you turn?

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple one.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver them.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

Whose harvest the hungry devour, and take it even out of the thorns, and the thief swallows up their substance.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Though affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground;

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Who does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields:

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

To set on high those that are low; that those who mourn may be lifted to safety.

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

But he saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: nor shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh: nor shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

And you shall know that your dwelling shall be at peace; and you shall visit your home, and shall not sin.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

You shall also know that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

You shall come to your grave at a full age, like a sheaf of grain comes in its season.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.