VIN(i)
1 "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.
3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4 His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
5 The hungry eat his harvest, and take him to the thorns, and the snare snuffs up their wealth.
6 For affliction does not come out from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,
7 Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
9 "He does great things that we cannot understand and miracles that we cannot count.
10 Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:
11 to set the lowly on high, and those mourning are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.
13 He is capturing the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But He saves the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17 "Blessed is the person whom God corrects. Do not despise discipline from the Almighty.
18 For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
19 From six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.
20 In famine, He will ransom you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
21 "You will be protected from the sharp tongue and you will not be afraid when destruction comes.
22 You'll laugh at destruction and famine; and you need not fear the beasts of the earth.
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, And the wild animal of the field will be at peace with you.
24 You will know peace in your tent. You will inspect your house and find nothing missing.
25 "You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.
26 You shall come to the grave in full vigor, like a stack of grain comes up in its season.
27 "Look, we have searched this out—it is true; hear it and know it yourself."