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5:1  “They cry for help but no one listens; they turn to their gods, but none gives them aid.
5:2  They die in helpless frustration, overcome by their own anger.
5:3  Those who turn from God may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.
5:4  Their children are cheated, with no one to defend them.
5:5  Their harvests are stolen, and their wealth slakes the thirst of many others, not themselves!
5:6  Misery comes upon them to punish them for sowing seeds of sin.
5:7  Mankind heads for sin and misery as predictably as flames shoot upwards from a fire.
5:8  “My advice to you is this: Go to God and confess your sins to him.
5:9  For he does wonderful miracles, marvels without number.
5:10  He sends the rain upon the earth to water the fields,
5:11  and gives prosperity to the poor and humble, and takes sufferers to safety.
5:12  “He frustrates the plans of crafty men.
5:13  They are caught in their own traps; he thwarts their schemes.
5:14  They grope like blind men in the daylight; they see no better in the daytime than at night.
5:15  “God saves the fatherless and the poor from the grasp of these oppressors.
5:16  And so at last the poor have hope, and the fangs of the wicked are broken.
5:17  “How enviable the man whom God corrects! Oh, do not despise the chastening of the Lord when you sin.
5:18  For though he wounds, he binds and heals again.
5:19  He will deliver you again and again so that no evil can touch you.
5:20  “He will keep you from death in famine and from the power of the sword in time of war.
5:21  “You will be safe from slander; no need to fear the future.
5:22  “You shall laugh at war and famine; wild animals will leave you alone.
5:23  Dangerous animals will be at peace with you.
5:24  “You need not worry about your home while you are gone; nothing shall be stolen from your barns.
5:25  “Your sons shall become important men; your descendants shall be as numerous as grass!
5:26  You shall live a long, good life; like standing grain, you’ll not be harvested until it’s time!
5:27  I have found from experience that all of this is true. For your own good, listen to my counsel.”