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1. "Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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1. Call H7121 now H4994 , if there be H3426 any that will answer H6030 thee ; and to H413 which H4310 of the saints H4480 H6918 wilt thou turn H6437 ?
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2. For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
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2. For H3588 wrath H3708 killeth H2026 the foolish H191 man , and envy H7068 slayeth H4191 the silly H6601 one.
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3. I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
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3. I H589 have seen H7200 the foolish H191 taking root H8327 : but suddenly H6597 I cursed H5344 his habitation H5116 .
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4. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them.
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4. His children H1121 are far H7368 from safety H4480 H3468 , and they are crushed H1792 in the gate H8179 , neither H369 is there any to deliver H5337 them .
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5. The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.
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5. Whose H834 harvest H7105 the hungry H7457 eateth up H398 , and taketh H3947 it even out of H413 the thorns H4480 H6791 , and the robber H6782 swalloweth up H7602 their substance H2428 .
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6. For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,
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6. Although H3588 affliction H205 cometh not forth H3318 H3808 of the dust H4480 H6083 , neither H3808 doth trouble H5999 spring H6779 out of the ground H4480 H127 ;
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7. but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
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7. Yet H3588 man H120 is born H3205 unto trouble H5999 , as the sparks H1121 H7565 fly H5774 upward H1361 .
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8. "But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
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8. I H589 would seek H1875 unto H413 God H410 , and unto H413 God H430 would I commit H7760 my cause H1700 :
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9. He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
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9. Which doeth H6213 great things H1419 and unsearchable H369 H2714 ; marvelous things H6381 without H5704 H369 number H4557 :
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10. he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;
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10. Who giveth H5414 rain H4306 upon H5921 H6440 the earth H776 , and sendeth H7971 waters H4325 upon H5921 H6440 the fields H2351 :
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11. he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
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11. To set up H7760 on high H4791 those that be low H8217 ; that those which mourn H6937 may be exalted H7682 to safety H3468 .
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12. He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
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12. He disappointeth H6565 the devices H4284 of the crafty H6175 , so that their hands H3027 cannot H3808 perform H6213 their enterprise H8454 .
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13. He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
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13. He taketh H3920 the wise H2450 in their own craftiness H6193 : and the counsel H6098 of the froward H6617 is carried headlong H4116 .
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14. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
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14. They meet H6298 with darkness H2822 in the daytime H3119 , and grope H4959 in the noonday H6672 as in the night H3915 .
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15. So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.
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15. But he saveth H3467 the poor H34 from the sword H4480 H2719 , from their mouth H4480 H6310 , and from the hand H4480 H3027 of the mighty H2389 .
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16. Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.
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16. So the poor H1800 hath H1961 hope H8615 , and iniquity H5766 stoppeth H7092 her mouth H6310 .
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17. "Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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17. Behold H2009 , happy H835 is the man H582 whom God H433 correcteth H3198 : therefore despise H3988 not H408 thou the chastening H4148 of the Almighty H7706 :
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18. For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.
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18. For H3588 he H1931 maketh sore H3510 , and bindeth up H2280 : he woundeth H4272 , and his hands H3027 make whole H7495 .
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19. He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.
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19. He shall deliver H5337 thee in six H8337 troubles H6869 : yea , in seven H7651 there shall no H3808 evil H7451 touch H5060 thee.
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20. In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword.
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20. In famine H7458 he shall redeem H6299 thee from death H4480 H4194 : and in war H4421 from the power H4480 H3027 of the sword H2719 .
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21. You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.
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21. Thou shalt be hid H2244 from the scourge H7752 of the tongue H3956 : neither H3808 shalt thou be afraid H3372 of destruction H4480 H7701 when H3588 it cometh H935 .
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22. You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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22. At destruction H7701 and famine H3720 thou shalt laugh H7832 : neither H408 shalt thou be afraid H3372 of the beasts H4480 H2416 of the earth H776 .
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23. For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
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23. For H3588 thou shalt be in league H1285 with H5973 the stones H68 of the field H7704 : and the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 shall be at peace H7999 with thee.
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24. And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.
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24. And thou shalt know H3045 that thy tabernacle H168 shall be in peace H7965 ; and thou shalt visit H6485 thy habitation H5116 , and shalt not sin H3808 H2398 .
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25. You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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25. Thou shalt know H3045 also that H3588 thy seed H2233 shall be great H7227 , and thine offspring H6631 as the grass H6212 of the earth H776 .
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26. You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
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26. Thou shalt come H935 to H413 thy grave H6913 in a full age H3624 , like as a shock of corn H1430 cometh in H5927 in his season H6256 .
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27. Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good."
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27. Lo H2009 this H2063 , we have searched H2713 it, so H3651 it H1931 is ; hear H8085 it , and know H3045 thou H859 it for thy good.
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