7. For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
8. But as for me I will seek unto ·God and unto God commit my cause;
9. Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
10. Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
11. Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
12. He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
13. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
14. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
15. And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16. So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
17. Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
18. For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19. He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20. In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
21. Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
23. For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.