4. There was no one to help his children. No one defended them in court.
5. Hungry people ate all his crops, even the grain growing among the thorns, and greedy people took all he had.
6. Bad times don’t come up from the dirt. Trouble does not grow from the ground.
7. But people are born to have trouble, as surely as sparks rise from a fire.
8. If I were you, I would turn to God and tell him about my problems.
9. People cannot understand the wonderful things God does. His miracles are too many to count.