1. “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2. Surely vexation kills the fool,and jealousy slays the simple.
3. I have seen the fool taking root,but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
4. His children are far from safety;they are crushed in the gate,and there is no one to deliver them.
5. The hungry eat his harvest,and he takes it even out of thorns,and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6. For affliction does not come from the dust,nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7. but man is born to troubleas the sparks fly upward.
8. “As for me, I would seek God,and to God would I commit my cause,
9. who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
10. he gives rain on the earthand sends waters on the fields;