2. Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
3. I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.
4. His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.
5. Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.
6. Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.
7. Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
8. Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
9. He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.
10. He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.
11. He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.
12. He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.
13. He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.
14. They will encounter darkness in the daytime, and they will grope at midday just as in the night.