7. He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.
8. And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
9. Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions, because they have increased.
10. And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11. If they hearken and serve him, they shall accomplish their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12. But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.
13. But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:
14. Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15. But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in their oppression.