Chapter 5
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
and to which
15:8-10,15 Isaiah 41:1,21-23 Hebrews 12:1
the saints
4:18 15:15 Deuteronomy 33:2,3 Psalms 16:3 106:16 Ephesians 1:1
turn
or, look.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
wrath
the foolish
Psalms 14:1 75:4 92:6 107:17 Proverbs 1:22,23 8:5 Ecclesiastes 7:9
envy
or, indignation.
Genesis 30:1 1 Samuel 18:8,9 Romans 2:8
one
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
taking
27:8 Psalms 37:35,36 73:3-9,18-20 92:7 Jeremiah 12:1-3
cursed
Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Psalms 69:25 Acts 1:20
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
children
4:10,11 8:4 18:16-19 27:14 Exodus 20:5 Psalms 109:9-15 119:155 127:5
they are crushed
neither
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
harvest
Deuteronomy 28:33,51 Judges 6:3-6 Isaiah 62:8
the thorns
Judges 6:11 2 Chronicles 33:11
the robber
swalloweth
2:3 20:15 Jeremiah 51:34,44 Lamentations 2:5,16
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
affliction
or, iniquity. trouble.
34:29 Deuteronomy 32:27 1 Samuel 6:9 Psalms 90:7 Isaiah 45:7 Lamentations 3:38 Amos 3:6
spring out
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
man
14:1 Genesis 3:17-19 Psalms 90:8,9 1 Corinthians 10:13
trouble
or, labour.
sparks fly upward
Heb. sons of the burning coal lift up to fly.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
seek
8:5 22:21,27 Genesis 32:7-12 2 Chronicles 33:12,13 Psalms 50:15 77:1,2 Jonah 2:1-7
unto God
Psalms 37:5 2 Timothy 1:12 1 Peter 2:23 4:19
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
doeth
9:10 11:7-9 37:5 Psalms 40:5 72:18 86:10 Romans 11:33
unsearchable
Heb. there is no search.
marvellous
without number
Heb. till there be no number.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
giveth
28:26 Psalms 65:9-11 147:8 Jeremiah 5:24 10:13 14:22 Amos 4:7 Acts 14:17
fields
Heb. outplaces.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
set up
1 Samuel 2:7,8 Psalms 91:14 107:41 Ezekiel 17:24 Luke 1:52,53
those
Luke 6:21 James 1:9 4:6-10 1 Peter 5:10
exalted
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
disappointeth
12:16,17 Nehemiah 4:15 Psalms 33:10,11 37:17 Proverbs 21:30 Isaiah 8:10 19:3
their hands
Psalms 21:11 Isaiah 37:36 Acts 12:11 23:12-22
their enterprise
or, anything.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
taketh
2 Samuel 15:31,34 17:23 Esther 6:4-11 7:10 9:25 Psalms 7:15,16 9:15,16 Psalms 35:7,8 Luke 1:51 1 Corinthians 1:19,20
of the froword
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
meet with
or, run into. darkness.
12:25 Deuteronomy 28:29 Proverbs 4:19 Isaiah 59:10 Amos 8:9
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
he saveth
Psalms 10:14,17 35:10 72:4,12,13 107:41 109:31 140:12
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
the poor
1 Samuel 2:8,9 Psalms 9:18 Isaiah 14:32 Zechariah 9:12
and
Exodus 11:7 Psalms 63:11 107:42 Romans 3:19
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
happy
Psalms 94:12 Proverbs 3:11,12 Jeremiah 31:18 Hebrews 12:5-11 James 1:12 5:11 Revelation 3:19
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Deuteronomy 32:39 1 Samuel 2:6 Psalms 147:3 Isaiah 30:26
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
deliver thee
Psalms 34:19 91:3-7 Proverbs 24:16 1 Corinthians 10:13 2 Corinthians 1:8 2 Peter 2:9
no evil
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
famine
Genesis 45:7 1 Kings 17:6 Psalms 33:19 Proverbs 10:3 Isaiah 33:16 Habakkuk 3:17
redeem
in war
the power
Heb. hands.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
be hid
Psalms 31:20 55:21 57:4 Proverbs 12:18 Isaiah 54:17 Jeremiah 18:18 James 3:5-8
from the scourge
or, when the tongue scourgeth. neither.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
laugh
afraid
Isaiah 35:9 65:25 Ezekiel 34:25
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
thou
Psalms 91:12,13 Hosea 2:18 Romans 8:38,39
beasts
Leviticus 26:6 Ezekiel 14:15,16 Isaiah 11:9 Daniel 6:22
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
thou shalt know
18:6,15,21 21:7-9 1 Samuel 30:3 Isaiah 4:5,6
thy tabernacle, etc
or, peace is thy tabernacle.
thou shalt visit
Deuteronomy 28:6 Psalms 91:10 121:7,8
sin
or, err.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
thy seed
42:13-16 Genesis 15:5 Leviticus 26:9 Deuteronomy 28:4 Psalms 112:2 127:3-5 128:3-6
great
or, much. as the grass.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
in a full age
42:16,17 Genesis 15:15 25:8 Psalms 91:16 Proverbs 9:11 10:27
cometh
Heb. ascendeth.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
we have searched
8:8-10 12:2 15:9,10,17 32:11,12 Psalms 111:2 Proverbs 2:3-5
for thy good
Heb. for thyself.