12. He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15. But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16. So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17. Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18. For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19. He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20. In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22. At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23. For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24. And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.