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[1] Crye I pray thee, if there be any that will aunswere thee, & loke thou vpon any of the holy
[2] As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant
[3] I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation
[4] His children were without prosperitie, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to deliuer them
[5] His haruest was eaten of the hungrie, & taken from among the thornes, and the thurstie drunke vp their labour: It is not the earth that bringeth foorth iniquitie
[6] Neither commeth sorowe out of the ground
[7] But man is borne vnto labour, like as the sparkes flee vp [out of the hot coles,
[8] But I woulde aske counsell at the Lorde, and talke with God
[9] Whiche doth great thinges and vnsearcheable, [and] maruels without number
[10] He geueth rayne vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes
[11] To set vp them that be of lowe degree, and that those which are in heauinesse may be exalted to saluation
[12] He destroyeth the deuices of the subtyll, so that their handes are not able to perfourme that which they do enterprise
[13] He compasseth the wise in their owne craftinesse, & maketh foolishe the counsell of the wicked
[14] They runne into darknesse by fayre day, and grope at the noone day as in the night
[15] But he deliuereth the poore from the sworde, from their threatninges, and from the violence of the mightie
[16] He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped
[17] Behold, blessed is the man whom God correcteth, therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the almightie
[18] For be maketh a wounde and he healeth: he smiteth, and his hande maketh whole againe
[19] He shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles, & in the seuenth there shall no euil come to thee
[20] In hunger he shall saue thee from death, and when it is warre, from the power of the sworde
[21] Thou shalt be hyd from the scourge of the tongue, & when destruction commeth thou shalt not neede to feare
[22] In destruction and dearth thou shalt be mery, and shalt not be afrayde of the beastes of the earth
[23] For the stones of the land shalbe confederate with thee, and the beastes of the fielde shalbe at peace with thee
[24] And thou shalt knowe that thy dwelling place shalbe in rest, and thou shalt visite thy habitation, & shalt not sinne
[25] Thou shalt see also that thy seede shall be great, and thy posteritie as the grasse vpon the earth
[26] Thou shalt come also to thy graue in a full age, like a corne sheafe cut downe in due season
[27] Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe
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