14. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15. But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16. So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
17. Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty:
18. For he bruises, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
19. He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20. In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21. You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.