1 Call therefore if there be that will answer thee, and turn to some of the Saints.
1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and turn to some of the saints.
2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
2 Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one.
3 I have seen a fool with firm root, and I cursed his beauty by and by.
3 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
4 His children shall be made far from salvation, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver.
4 His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink his riches.
5 Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
6 Nothing in the earth is done without a cause, and out of the ground sorrow shall not rise.
6 Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.
7 Man is born to labour, and the bird to flight.
7 Man is born to labor, and the bird to fly.
8 For the which thing I will beseech our Lord, and toward God I will set my speech:
8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
9 Who doeth great and unsearchable and marvelous things without number:
9 Who doth great things, and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
10 Who giveth rain upon the face of the earth, and watereth all things with waters:
11 Who setteth the humble on high, and them that are in heaviness he comforteth with health:
11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.
12 Who dissipateth the cogitations of the malignant, that their hands cannot accomplish that which they began:
12 Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
13 Who apprehendeth the wise in their subtilty, and dissipateth the counsel of the wicked:
13 ¹Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
14 By day they shall incur darkness, and as it were in the night, so shall they grope at noon days.
14 They shall meet with darkness in the day, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Moreover he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
15 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.
16 And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw together her mouth.
16 And to the needy there shall be hope, but iniquity shall draw in her mouth.
17 Blessed is the man that is corrected of God: refuse not therefore the chastising of our Lord:
17 Blessed is the man whom God correcteth: refuse not, therefore, the chastising of the Lord.
18 Because he woundeth, and cureth: striketh, & his hands shall heal.
18 For he woundeth, and cureth: he striketh, and his hands shall heal.
19 In six tribulations he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh evil shall not touch thee.
19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death, and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
20 In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.
21 From the scourge of the tongue thou shalt be hid; and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not fear calamity when it cometh.
22 In waste and famine thou shalt laugh, & the beasts of the earth thou shalt not fear.
22 In destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: and thou shalt not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 But with the stones of the lands thy covenant, and the beasts of the earth shall be peaceable to thee.
23 But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle hath peace, and visiting thy beauty, thou shalt not sin.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty, thou shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be manifold, and thy progeny as the grass of the earth.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in aboundance, as a heap of wheat is carried in his time.
26 Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard revolve in thy mind.
27 Behold, this is even so, as we have searched out: which thou having heard, consider it thoroughly in thy mind.