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5:1  "Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
5:2  Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
5:3  I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
5:4  His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5:5  The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
5:6  For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
5:7  Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
5:8  "But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
5:9  He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
5:10  He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
5:11  The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
5:12  He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
5:13  He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
5:14  Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
5:15  He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
5:16  So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
5:17  "Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
5:18  For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
5:19  From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
5:20  In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
5:21  You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
5:22  You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
5:23  For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
5:24  You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
5:25  You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
5:26  You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
5:27  "We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself."