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5:1  “Call out now; is anyone answering you? And to whom among the holy ones will you turn?
5:2  For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible.
5:3  Yes, I saw the foolish taking root, and quickly I cursed his dwelling.
5:4  May his children be far from safety, and may they be crushed in the gate without a deliverer;
5:5  whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the thirsty captures his wealth.
5:6  For affliction does not come out of the dust, nor does trouble sprout up out of the ground;
5:7  but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
5:8  “Indeed, I would appeal to God, and before God I would set forth my case,
5:9  who does the great and the inscrutable, wonders without number.
5:10  He gives rain on the surface of the earth and sends water on the outdoor places.
5:11  He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
5:12  He frustrates the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
5:13  He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped.
5:14  In the daytime they encounter darkness, and at noontime they grope as in the night.
5:15  But the needy He saves from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
5:16  So the helpless has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
5:17  “How happy is the man whom God corrects! Therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty,
5:18  for He wounds, but He applies the bandage; He injures, but His hands also heal.
5:19  In six crises He will deliver you; even in seven, disaster will not touch you.
5:20  In famine He will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
5:21  You will be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and you will not fear violence when it comes.
5:22  You will laugh at devastation and famine, and you will not fear 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 peaceful, and you will inspect your property and find nothing missing.
5:25  You will know that your offspring will be many and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
5:26  You go to the grave in a full age, as stalks of grain are gathered up in season.
5:27  “Look! We have investigated all this, and it is so; hear it, and know for yourself.”