American Standard Version - King James Version

 5:1 ¶ Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

 5:1 ¶ Callºº now,º if there beº any that will answerºº thee; and toº whichº of the saintsºº wilt thou turn?ºº

 5:2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

 5:2 Forº wrathº killethºº the foolishº man,º and envyº slayethºº the sillyº one.ºº

 5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

 5:3 Iº have seenºº the foolishº taking root:ºº but suddenlyº I cursedºº his habitation.º

 5:4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

 5:4 His childrenº are farºº from safety,ºº and they are crushedºº in the gate,º neitherº [is there] any to deliverºº [them].

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

 5:5 Whoseº harvestº the hungryº eateth up,ºº and takethºº it even outº ofº the thorns,ºº and the robberº swalloweth upºº their substance.º

 5:6 For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

 5:6 Althoughº afflictionº cometh not forthººº of the dust,ºº neitherº doth troubleº springº outºº of the ground;ºº

 5:7 But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

 5:7 Yetº manº is bornºº unto trouble,º as the sparksºº flyºº upward.ºº

 5:8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

 5:8 Iº would seekººº untoº God,º and untoº Godº would I commitºº my cause:º

 5:9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

 5:9 Which doethºº great thingsº and unsearchable;ºº marvellous thingsºº withoutºº number:º

 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

 5:10 Who givethºº rainº uponºº the earth,º and sendethºº watersº uponºº the fields:º

 5:11 So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

 5:11 To set upºº on highº those that be low;º that those which mournºº may be exaltedºº to safety.º

 5:12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

 5:12 He disappointethºº the devicesº of the crafty,º so that their handsº cannotº performºº [their] enterprise.º

 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

 5:13 He takethºº the wiseº in their own craftiness:º and the counselº of the frowardºº is carried headlong.ºº

 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

 5:14 They meetºº with darknessº in the daytime,º and gropeºº in the noondayº as in the night.º

 5:15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

 5:15 But he savethºº the poorº from the sword,ºº from their mouth,ºº and from the handºº of the mighty.º

 5:16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

 5:16 So the poorº hathº hope,º and iniquityº stoppethºº her mouth.º

 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

 5:17 Behold,º happyº [is] the manº whom Godº correcteth:ºº therefore despiseºº notº thou the chasteningº of the Almighty:º

 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

 5:18 Forº heº maketh sore,ºº and bindeth up:ºº he woundeth,ºº and his handsº make whole.ºº

 5:19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

 5:19 He shall deliverºº thee in sixº troubles:º yea, in sevenº there shall noº evilº touchºº thee.

 5:20 In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

 5:20 In famineº he shall redeemºº thee from death:ºº and in warº from the powerºº of the sword.º

 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

 5:21 Thou shalt be hidºº from the scourgeº of the tongue:º neitherº shalt thou be afraidºº of destructionºº whenº it cometh.ºº

 5:22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

 5:22 At destructionº and famineº thou shalt laugh:ºº neitherº shalt thou be afraidºº of the beastsºº of the earth.º

 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

 5:23 Forº thou shalt be in leagueº withº the stonesº of the field:º and the beastsº of the fieldº shall be at peaceºº with thee.

 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.

 5:24 And thou shalt knowºº that thy tabernacleº [shall be] in peace;º and thou shalt visitºº thy habitation,º and shalt not sin.ººº

 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

 5:25 Thou shalt knowºº also thatº thy seedº [shall be] great,º and thine offspringº as the grassº of the earth.º

 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

 5:26 Thou shalt comeºº toº [thy] graveº in a full age,º like as a shock of cornº cometh inºº in his season.º

 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

 5:27 Loº this,º we have searchedºº it, soº itº [is]; hearºº it, and knowºº thouº [it] for thy good.