4. Their children are far from safety,crushed in the gate without a deliverer.
5. The hungry devour their crops;it’s taken even from the thorns,and the thirsty pant after their yield.
6. Surely trouble doesn’t come from dust,nor does distress sprout from the ground.
7. Surely humans are born to distress,just as sparks rise up.
8. But I would seek God,put my case to God,
9. who does great things beyond comprehension,wonderful things without number;
10. who provides rain over the earth’s surface,sends water to the open country,
11. exalts the lowly,raises mourners to victory;