7. But a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up ⌊from a fire⌋.
8. “But I would seek God’s helpand present my case to him.
9. He does great things that ⌊we⌋ cannot understandand miracles that ⌊we⌋ cannot count.
10. He gives rain to the earthand sends water to the fields.
11. He places lowly people up high.He lifts those who mourn to safety.
12. He keeps shrewd people from carrying out their plansso that they cannot do anything successfully.
13. He catches the wise with their own tricks.The plans of schemers prove to be hasty.
14. In the daytime they meet darknessand grope in the sunlight as if it were night.