4. His children are far from safety.They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them.
5. The hungry consume his harvest,even taking it out of the thorns. The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.
6. For distress does not grow out of the soil,and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
7. But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8. However, if I were you, I would appeal to Godand would present my case to Him.
9. He does great and unsearchable things,wonders without number.
10. He gives rain to the earthand sends water to the fields.
11. He sets the lowly on high,and mourners are lifted to safety.
12. He frustrates the schemes of the craftyso that they achieve no success.
13. He traps the wise in their craftinessso that the plans of the deceptiveare quickly brought to an end.
14. They encounter darkness by day,and they grope at noonas if it were night.