1  Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

1  But call, if any one will hearken to thee, or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.

1  Therefore call, if there are any who will respond to you, and turn to one or another of the saints.

2  For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

2  For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

2  Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.

3  I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

3  And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

3  I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I have cursed his excellence without hesitation.

4  His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

4  Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

4  His sons will be far from prosperity and will be crushed at the gate, and there will be none who can rescue them.

5  Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

5  For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

5  Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.

6  For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

6  For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains

6  Nothing on earth occurs without a reason, and sorrow does not rise from the earth.

7  But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

7  yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture’s young seek the high places.

8  But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;

8  Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

8  Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.

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

9  who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number

9  He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.

10  Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;

10  He gives rain over the face of the earth and irrigates all things with the waters.

11  So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.

11  who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost

11  He places the humble on high and encourages the grieving towards health.

12  He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.

12  frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth

12  He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

13  He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

13  He catches the wise in their cleverness and dissipates the counsel of the perverse.

14  They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

14  In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night

14  They handle things in the daytime as though they were in darkness, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

15  But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

15  and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.

15  Thereafter, he will act to save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent.

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

16  And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped.

16  And there will be hope for those in need, for iniquity will diminish its speech.

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

17  But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

17  Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord.

18  For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

18  for he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.

18  For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal.

19  He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

19  Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.

20  In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

20  During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword.

21  Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

21  You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives.

22  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

22  In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth.

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

23  For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

23  For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you.

24  And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

24  Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.

24  And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.

25  Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

25  Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.

26  Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

26  And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

26  You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.

27  Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

27  Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong.