7. He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings they are on the throne; yea, he does establish them forever, and they are exalted.
8. And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;
9. Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have exceeded.
10. He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.
11. If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12. But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13. But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them.
14. They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15. He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.
16. Even so would he have removed you out of the distress into a broad place, where there is no restraint; and that which should be set on your table should be full of richness.
17. But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.
18. Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with one blow: then a great ransom cannot deliver you.
19. Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.