| English Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? | 1“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? |
| 2Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. | 2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. |
| 3I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. | 3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. |
| 4His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. | 4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. |
| 5The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. | 5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. |
| 6For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground, | 6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. |
| 7but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. | 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. |
| 8“As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, | 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him— |
| 9who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: | 9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. |
| 10he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields; | 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields. |
| 11he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. | 11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety. |
| 12He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. | 12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. |
| 13He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. | 13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning. |
| 14They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. | 14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night. |
| 15But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. | 15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful. |
| 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. | 16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. |
| 17“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. | 17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. |
| 18For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal. | 18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. |
| 19He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you. | 19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven. |
| 20In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. | 20In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. |
| 21You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. | 21You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes. |
| 22At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. | 22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth. |
| 23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. | 23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. |
| 24You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. | 24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home. |
| 25You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. | 25You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth. |
| 26You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. | 26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season. |
| 27Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.” | 27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.” |
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