微读圣经

God Is Just

1“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?

And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

2For irritation kills the fool,

And jealousy brings death to the simple.

3I have seen the fool taking root,

And I cursed his home immediately.

4His sons are far from safety,

They are also Lit crushedoppressed at the gate,

And there is no one to save them.

5 Lit Whose harvest the hungry devour The hungry devour his harvest

And take it to a place of thorns,

And the Ancient versions thirstyschemer is eager for their wealth.

6For disaster does not come from the dust,

Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

7For man is born for trouble,

As sparks fly upward.

8“But as for me, I would seek God,

And I would make my plea before God,

9Who does great and unsearchable things,

Or Miracles Wonders without number.

10He gives rain on the earth,

And sends water on the fields,

11So that He sets on high those who are lowly,

And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

12He frustrates the schemes of the shrewd,

So that their hands cannot attain success.

13He captures the wise by their own cleverness,

And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

14By day they meet with darkness,

And grope at noon as in the night.

15But He saves from the sword of their mouth,

And the poor from the hand of the strong.

16So the helpless has hope,

And injustice has shut its mouth.

17“Behold, happy is the person whom God disciplines,

So do not reject the discipline of Heb Shaddai, and so throughout ch 6the Almighty.

18For He inflicts pain, and Lit bindsgives relief;

He wounds, but His hands also heal.

19In six troubles He will save you;

Even in seven, evil will not touch you.

20In famine He will redeem you from death,

And in war, from the power of the sword.

21You will be hidden Lit atfrom the scourge of the tongue,

And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

22You will laugh at violence and hunger,

And you will not be afraid of Lit animals of the earthwild animals.

23For you will be in league with the stones of the field,

And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.

24You will know that your tent is secure,

For you will visit your home and Lit not misshave nothing missing.

25You will also know that your Lit seeddescendants will be many,

And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

26You will come to the grave at a ripe age,

Like the stacking of grain in its season.

27Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.

Hear it, and know for yourself.”