4. Their children can never find safety;no one stands up to defend them in court.
5. Hungry people will eat the fool's crops —even the grain growing among thorns —and thirsty people will envy his wealth.
6. Evil does not grow in the soil,nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
7. No indeed! People bring trouble on themselves,as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
8. If I were you, I would turn to Godand present my case to him.
9. We cannot understand the great things he does,and to his miracles there is no end.
10. He sends rain on the landand he waters the fields.
11. Yes, it is God who raises the humbleand gives joy to all who mourn.
12-13. He upsets the plans of cunning people,and traps the wise in their own schemes,so that nothing they do succeeds;
14. even at noon they grope in darkness.
15. But God saves the poor from death;he saves the needy from oppression.
16. He gives hope to the poor and silences the wicked.
17. Happy is the person whom God corrects!Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
18. God bandages the wounds he makes;his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.