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| 1 Pray, call, is there any to answer thee And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn |
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| 2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple, |
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| 3 I I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway, |
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| 4 Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer. |
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| 5 Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth. |
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| 6 For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery. |
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| 7 For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly. |
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 I I inquire for God, And for God I give my word, |
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| 9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering. |
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| 10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places. |
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| 11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety. |
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| 12 Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom. |
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| 13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened, |
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 meet darkness, And as night they grope at noon. |
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| 15 And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy, |
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| 16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth. |
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| 17 Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not, |
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 doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands 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 distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee. |
Shall deliver thee – Exceeding great and precious promise to the Bride class. R4784:2
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| 20 In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword. |
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| 21 When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh. |
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| 22 At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid. |
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| 23 (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.) |
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| 24 And thou hast known that thy tent [is] peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not, |
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| 25 And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth; |
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| 26 Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season. |
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| 27 Lo, this we searched it out it [is] right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself! |
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