1Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?

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Job 15:15, Job 15:15, Job 15:8, Job 15:10, Job 4:18

2Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.

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Ecclesiastes 7:9, Ecclesiastes 7:9, Hosea 7:11, Proverbs 12:16, Psalms 75:4

3I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.

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Psalms 73:18, Psalms 73:20, Psalms 73:18, Psalms 73:20, Psalms 37:35

4His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.

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Psalms 127:5, Psalms 127:5, Psalms 119:155, Psalms 119:155, Job 1:19

5His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.

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Lamentations 2:16, Lamentations 2:16, Hosea 8:7, Hosea 8:7, Jeremiah 51:44

6For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;

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Isaiah 45:7, Isaiah 45:7, 1 Samuel 6:9, Psalms 90:7, Hebrews 12:15

7Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

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Job 14:1, Job 14:1, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:17

8I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,

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Psalms 50:15, Psalms 50:15, Job 22:21, Job 22:21, Psalms 37:5

9Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;

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Psalms 40:5, Psalms 40:5, Job 9:10, Job 9:10, Psalms 72:18

10Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;

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Acts 14:17, Acts 14:17, Jeremiah 5:24, Jeremiah 14:22, Psalms 147:8

11Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;

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1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 2:8, Luke 1:52

12Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;

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Psalms 33:10, Psalms 33:11, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 33:11, Psalms 21:11

13Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.

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Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16, 1 Corinthians 3:19, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16

14They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.

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Job 12:25, Job 12:25, Deuteronomy 28:29, Isaiah 59:10, Deuteronomy 28:29

15So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.

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Psalms 35:10, Psalms 35:10, Job 4:10, Psalms 140:12, Psalms 10:17

16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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Psalms 107:42, Psalms 107:42, 1 Samuel 2:8, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 63:11

17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

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James 1:12, James 1:12, Psalms 94:12, Psalms 94:12, Proverbs 3:11

18For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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Hosea 6:1, Hosea 6:1, Deuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 32:39, Isaiah 30:26

19In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.

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Psalms 34:19, Psalms 34:19, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Psalms 91:3

20In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.

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Psalms 33:19, Psalms 33:19, Hosea 13:14, Hosea 13:14, Genesis 45:7

21Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.

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Psalms 31:20, Psalms 31:20, Psalms 91:5, Psalms 91:7, Psalms 91:5

22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.

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Ezekiel 34:25, Ezekiel 34:25, Isaiah 35:9, Isaiah 35:9, Psalms 91:13

23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.

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Leviticus 26:6, Leviticus 26:6, Hosea 2:18, Hosea 2:18, Daniel 6:22

24Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.

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Psalms 121:7, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 121:7, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 91:10

25Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

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Psalms 112:2, Psalms 112:2, Psalms 72:16, Psalms 72:16, Genesis 15:5

26Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.

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Proverbs 9:11, Job 42:16, Job 42:17, Proverbs 9:11, Job 42:16

27Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!

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Psalms 111:2, Psalms 111:2, Job 32:11, Job 32:12, Proverbs 9:12