| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Call out! Will anyone answer you? Which of the holy ones will you turn to? | 1“Cry for help, but will anyone answer you? Which of the angels will help you? |
| 2For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible. | 2Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple. |
| 3I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home. | 3I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster. |
| 4His children are far from safety. They are crushed at the city gate, with no one to rescue them. | 4Their children are abandoned far from help; they are crushed in court with no one to defend them. |
| 5The hungry consume his harvest, even taking it out of the thorns. The thirsty pant for his children's wealth. | 5The hungry devour their harvest, even when it is guarded by brambles. The thirsty pant after their wealth. |
| 6For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. | 6But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth. |
| 7But humans are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. | 7People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire. |
| 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to him. | 8“If I were you, I would go to God and present my case to him. |
| 9He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. | 9He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles. |
| 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. | 10He gives rain for the earth and water for the fields. |
| 11He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety. | 11He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer. |
| 12He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success. | 12He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed. |
| 13He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end. | 13He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted. |
| 14They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night. | 14They find it is dark in the daytime, and they grope at noon as if it were night. |
| 15He saves the needy from their sharp words and from the clutches of the powerful. | 15He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong, and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful. |
| 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. | 16And so at last the poor have hope, and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut. |
| 17See how happy is the person whom God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. | 17“But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin. |
| 18For he wounds but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. | 18For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal. |
| 19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven. | 19From six disasters he will rescue you; even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil. |
| 20In famine he will redeem you from death, and in battle, from the power of the sword. | 20He will save you from death in time of famine, from the power of the sword in time of war. |
| 21You will be safe from slander and not fear destruction when it comes. | 21You will be safe from slander and have no fear when destruction comes. |
| 22You will laugh at destruction and hunger and not fear the land's wild creatures. | 22You will laugh at destruction and famine; wild animals will not terrify you. |
| 23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. | 23You will be at peace with the stones of the field, and its wild animals will be at peace with you. |
| 24You will know that your tent is secure, and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home. | 24You will know that your home is safe. When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing. |
| 25You will also know that your offspring will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth. | 25You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass! |
| 26You will approach the grave in full vigor, as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season. | 26You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time! |
| 27We have investigated this, and it is true! Hear it and understand it for yourself. | 27“We have studied life and found all this to be true. Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.” |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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