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5:1  “Call out now if you so wish. Is there anyone who will reply? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
5:2  Resentment slays the fool, and envy brings death to the simpleton.
5:3  I have seen a fool enjoy success for a time, but suddenly his house was cursed.
5:4  “His children are cut off from safety, slaughtered at the gate without a defender.
5:5  The hungry devour their harvest, even that growing amid the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.
5:6  For misery does not grow out of the earth, nor does trouble spring from the soil.
5:7  Rather, man breeds trouble for himself, as surely as sparks fly upward.
5:8  “If I were you, I would appeal to God and present my case before him.
5:9  He performs deeds that are beyond understanding, and wonders that cannot be counted.
5:10  He provides rain for the earth and sends down water upon the fields.
5:11  He raises on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn he lifts to safety.
5:12  “He thwarts the schemes of the crafty so that they do not achieve any success.
5:13  He traps the cunning in their intrigues and throws their plans into disarray.
5:14  They encounter darkness in the daytime and grope their way at noon as if it were night.
5:15  But he saves the destitute from the sword and rescues them from the hand of the mighty.
5:16  Therefore, the poor once again have hope, and iniquity must shut its mouth.
5:17  “Blessed is the man whom God reproves. Therefore, do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
5:18  For even though he wounds, he also binds up; he smites, but his hands also heal.
5:19  He will deliver you from trouble six times, and on the seventh no evil will touch you.
5:20  In time of famine he will rescue you from death, and in wartime from the thrust of the sword.
5:21  “You will be shielded from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it looms.
5:22  You will laugh at destruction and famine and not be terrified by the beasts of the earth.
5:23  For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field and live in peace with wild animals.
5:24  You will know that your tent is secure, and your household will be intact when you inspect it.
5:25  “You will know that your descendants will be numerous, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
5:26  You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like sheaves gathered at the right time.
5:27  All this we have researched, and it is true. Heed it, and apply it to yourself.”