5:1 "Call now; is there anyone who will answer you To which of the holy ones will you turn 5:2 Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. 5:3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. 5:4 His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. 5:5 The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. 5:6 For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground, 5:7 but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. 5:8 "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, 5:9 who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: 5:10 he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields; 5:11 he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. 5:12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. 5:13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. 5:14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night. 5:15 But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth and from the hand of the mighty. 5:16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. 5:17 "Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. 5:18 For he wounds, but he binds up; he shatters, but his hands heal. 5:19 He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you. 5:20 In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. 5:21 You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. 5:22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. 5:23 For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. 5:24 You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. 5:25 You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. 5:26 You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. 5:27 Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."