7. He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,but with kings on the thronehe sets them forever, and they are exalted.
8. And if they are bound in chainsand caught in the cords of affliction,
9. then he declares to them their workand their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly.
10. He opens their ears to instructionand commands that they return from iniquity.
11. If they listen and serve him,they complete their days in prosperity,and their years in pleasantness.
12. But if they do not listen, they perish by the swordand die without knowledge.
13. “The godless in heart cherish anger;they do not cry for help when he binds them.
14. They die in youth,and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
15. He delivers the afflicted by their afflictionand opens their ear by adversity.
16. He also allured you out of distressinto a broad place where there was no cramping,and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
17. “But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;judgment and justice seize you.
18. Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,and let not the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
19. Will your cry for help avail to keep you from distress,or all the force of your strength?
20. Do not long for the night,when peoples vanish in their place.
21. Take care; do not turn to iniquity,for this you have chosen rather than affliction.