4. Your words helped those who had fallen down. You made shaky knees strong.
5. Now trouble comes to you. And you are unhappy about it. It strikes you down. And you are afraid.
6. Shouldn't you worship God and trust in him? Shouldn't your honest life give you hope?
7. "Here's something to think about. Have blameless people ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?
8. Here's what I've observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that's what they will harvest.
9. The breath of God destroys them. The blast of his anger wipes them out.
10. Powerful lions might roar and growl. But their teeth are broken.
11. Lions die because they don't have any food. Then their cubs are scattered.
12. "A message came to me in secret. It was as quiet as a whisper.
13. I had a scary dream one night. I was sound asleep.
14. Fear and trembling grabbed hold of me. That made every bone in my body shake.
15. A spirit glided past my face. The hair on my body stood on end.
16. Then the spirit stopped. But I couldn't tell what it was. Something stood there in front of me. I heard a soft voice.
17. It said, 'Can a human being be more right than God? Can a mere man be more pure than the One who made him?