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5:1  “Call if you like, but will anyone answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
5:2  For anger kills the fool, and envy slays the silly.
5:3  I watch as a fool establishes roots, but I curse his home with sudden [destruction] —
5:4  his children are far from help, publicly humiliated, with no one to rescue;
5:5  the hungry eat up his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, while the thirsty are panting, eager to swallow his wealth.
5:6  For misery does not come from the dust or trouble spring from the ground.
5:7  No, people are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
5:8  “If I were you, I would seek God; I would make my plea to him.
5:9  For God does great deeds beyond investigation, wonders beyond all reckoning.
5:10  He gives rain to the earth, pours water down on the fields.
5:11  He raises the lowly on high and lifts mourners to safety.
5:12  He frustrates the schemes of the cunning, so that they achieve no success;
5:13  trapping the crafty in their own tricks and foiling quickly the plans of the false.
5:14  They meet with darkness during the day, groping at noon like at night.
5:15  But he saves the poor from the sword, their mouth, and from the clutches of the strong;
5:16  so the poor can hope again; and injustice shuts its mouth.
5:17  “How happy the person whom God corrects! So don’t despise Shaddai’s discipline.
5:18  For he wounds, but he bandages the sore; his hands may strike, but they also heal.
5:19  He will rescue you from six disasters; yes, in seven no harm will touch you.
5:20  In famine, he will save you from death, and in war, from the power of the sword.
5:21  You will be shielded from the lash of the tongue, and you won’t have to fear destruction when it comes —
5:22  you’ll be able to laugh at destruction and famine. Also you won’t have to fear wild animals,
5:23  for you will be in league with the stones in the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
5:24  You will know that your tent is safe; you will look round your home and miss nothing.
5:25  You will know that your descendants are many, your offspring like grass [growing thick] in the fields.
5:26  You will come to your grave at a ripe old age, like a pile of grain that arrives in season.
5:27  “We’ve looked into this, and that’s how it is; listen, and know that it’s for your own good.”