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5:1  Call out. Will anyone answer you? To which holy one will you turn?
5:2  Surely anger can kill the foolish; fury can kill the simple.
5:3  I’ve seen the foolish take root and promptly curse their house.
5:4  Their children are far from safety, crushed in the gate without a deliverer.
5:5  The hungry devour their crops; it’s taken even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after their yield.
5:6  Surely trouble doesn’t come from dust, nor does distress sprout from the ground.
5:7  Surely humans are born to distress, just as sparks rise up.
5:8  But I would seek God, put my case to God,
5:9  who does great things beyond comprehension, wonderful things without number;
5:10  who provides rain over the earth’s surface, sends water to the open country,
5:11  exalts the lowly, raises mourners to victory;
5:12  who frustrates the schemes of the clever so that their hands achieve no success,
5:13  trapping the wise in their cleverness so that the plans of the devious don’t succeed.
5:14  They encounter darkness during the day, and at noon they fumble about as at night.
5:15  Yet he rescues the orphan from the sword of their mouth, the needy from the grip of the strong;
5:16  so the poor have hope and violence shuts its mouth.
5:17  Look, happy is the person whom God corrects; so don’t reject the Almighty’s instruction.
5:18  He injures, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.
5:19  From six adversities he will deliver you; from seven harm won’t touch you.
5:20  In famine he will ransom you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
5:21  You will be hidden from the tongue’s sting, and you won’t fear destruction when it comes.
5:22  You will laugh at destruction and hunger; you won’t be afraid of wild beasts;
5:23  for you will make an agreement with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
5:24  You will know that your tent is secure. You will examine your home and miss nothing.
5:25  You will know that you’ll have many children. Your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.
5:26  You will come to your grave in old age as bundles of grain stacked up at harvesttime.
5:27  Look, we’ve searched this out, and so it is; listen and find out for yourself.