3. Yes, I saw the foolish taking root,and quickly I cursed his dwelling.
4. May his children be far from safety,and may they be crushed in the gate without a deliverer;
5. whose harvest the hungry eats up,and takes it even out of the thorns,and the thirsty captures his wealth.
6. For affliction does not come out of the dust,nor does trouble sprout up out of the ground;
7. but man is born to trouble,as the sparks fly upward.
8. “Indeed, I would appeal to God,and before God I would set forth my case,
9. who does the great and the inscrutable,wonders without number.
10. He gives rain on the surface of the earthand sends water on the outdoor places.
11. He sets on high those who are lowly,and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12. He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
13. He catches the wise in their own craftiness,and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped.
14. In the daytime they encounter darkness,and at noontime they grope as in the night.