1. CALL NOW–is there any who will answer you? And to which of the holy [angels] will you turn?
2. For vexation and rage kill the foolish man; jealousy and indignation slay the simple.
3. I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering], but suddenly I saw that his dwelling was cursed [for his doom was certain].
4. His children are far from safety; [involved in their father's ruin] they are crushed in the [court of justice in the city's] gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
5. His harvest the hungry eat and take it even [when it grows] among the thorns; the snare opens for [his] wealth.
6. For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring forth out of the ground.