8. If they are tied with ropes,caught in cords of affliction,
9. he informs them about their offensesand their grave sins.
10. He opens their ears with disciplineand commands them to turn from wrong.
11. If they listen and serve,they spend their days in plenty,their years contentedly.
12. But if they don’t listen,they perish by the sword,breathe their last without understanding.
13. Those with impious hearts become furious;they don’t cry out even though he binds them.
14. They die young;they are among the holy ones.
15. He saves the weak in their affliction,opens their ears through oppression.
16. Surely he draws you up from the brink of troubleto a wide place without distress;your table is set with rich food.
17. You are overly concerned about the case of the wicked;justice will be upheld in it.