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| 1 Call, I pray thee–is there one to answer thee? Or, to which of the holy ones, wilt thou turn? |
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| 2 For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy. |
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| 3 I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment: |
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| 4 His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver: |
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| 5 Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance. |
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| 6 For sorrow, cometh not forth out of the dust,–nor, out of the ground, sprouteth trouble. |
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| 7 Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar, |
Born unto trouble – All of Adam's posterity are "born in sin and shapen in iniquity." (Psa. 51:5) R2049:3
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| 8 Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause:– |
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| 9 Who doeth great things, beyond all search,–Wondrous things, till they cannot be recounted; |
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| 10 Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields; |
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| 11 Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety; |
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| 12 Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success; |
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| 13 Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked: |
Own craftiness – The wisdom of selfishness seeks to grasp and hold everything for self. R1518:3
The Lord chooses "babes" who will babble forth the truth unceremoniously to confound the wise. R942:2
Illustrated in the effect of the gold standard and the demonetizing of silver on the stock market. SM687:3; OV337:4
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| 14 By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon. |
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| 15 But he saveth from the sword, out of their mouth, and, out of the hand of the strong, the needy. |
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| 16 Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth. |
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| 17 Lo! how happy is the man whom God correcteth! Therefore, the chastening of the Almighty, do not thou refuse; |
Despise not – Illustrated by David's confession, reformation and seeking of forgiveness when overtaken in a fault. PD43/53
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| 18 For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal. |
He woundeth – Many of our own hearts were wounded, but it is the wounded heart that is ready to be bound up and to be healed and to be transformed. HG270:3
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| 19 In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune: |
Shall deliver thee – Exceeding great and precious promise to the Bride class. R4784:2
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| 20 In famine, he will ransom thee from death, and in battle from the power of the sword; |
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| 21 During the scourge of the tongue, shalt thou be hid, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh; |
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| 22 At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid; |
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| 23 For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend; |
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| 24 And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing; |
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| 25 And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field. |
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| 26 Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season. |
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| 27 Lo! as for this, we have searched it out–so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself. |
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