51Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?+2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,+3I--I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,+4Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.+5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.+6For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.+7For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.+8Yet I--I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,+9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.+10Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.+11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.+12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.+13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,+14By day they meet darkness, And as night--they grope at noon.+15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,+16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.+17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,+18For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.+19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.+20In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.+21When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.+22At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.+23(For with sons of the field is thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)+24And thou hast known that thy tent is peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,+25And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;+26Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.+27Lo, this--we searched it out--it is right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!+
Young's Literal Translation
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