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;
11. he sets on high those who are lowly,and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12. He frustrates the devices of the crafty,so that their hands achieve no success.
13. He catches the wise in their own craftiness,and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
14. They meet with darkness in the daytimeand grope at noonday as in the night.
15. But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouthand from the hand of the mighty.
16. So the poor have hope,and injustice shuts her mouth.
17. “Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
18. For he wounds, but he binds up;he shatters, but his hands heal.
19. He will deliver you from six troubles;in seven no evil shall touch you.