4. Your words helped those who had fallen down. You made shaky knees strong.
5. Now trouble comes to you. And you are unhappy about it. It strikes you down. And you are afraid.
6. Shouldn't you worship God and trust in him? Shouldn't your honest life give you hope?
7. "Here's something to think about. Have blameless people ever been wiped out? Have honest people ever been completely destroyed?
8. Here's what I've observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that's what they will harvest.
9. The breath of God destroys them. The blast of his anger wipes them out.