6. He will not keep evil people alive,but he gives the poor their rights.
7. He always watches over those who do right;he sets them on thrones with kingsand they are honored forever.
8. If people are bound in chains,or if trouble, like ropes, ties them up,
9. God tells them what they have done,that they have sinned in their pride.
10. God makes them listen to his warningand commands them to change from doing evil.
11. If they obey and serve him,the rest of their lives will be successful,and the rest of their years will be happy.
12. But if they do not listen,they will die by the sword,and they will die without knowing why.
13. “Those who have wicked hearts hold on to anger.Even when God punishes them, they do not cry for help.
14. They die while they are still young,and their lives end in disgrace.
15. But God saves those who suffer through their suffering;he gets them to listen through their pain.
16. “God is gently calling you from the jaws of troubleto an open place of freedomwhere he has set your table full of the best food.