Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of 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.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
1Frɛ seesei, sɛ obi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛgye wo so a; na ahotefoɔ no mu hwan na wobɛdane wo ho akɔ ne nkyɛn?Under pastoral review
2Efisɛ abufuo kum ɔkwasea, na ahoɔyaa kum atetekwaa.Under pastoral review
3Mahunu ɔkwasea sɛ ɔregye ntini: nanso mpofirim na medomee n'atenaeɛ.Under pastoral review
4Ne mma ne banbɔ ntam ware, na wɔdwerɛ wɔn wɔ ɛpono no ano, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛgye wɔn.Under pastoral review
5Deɛ ɛkɔm defoɔ di ne twa berɛ aduane, na ɔfa mfiri nkasɛɛ mu mpo, na ɔkorɔmfoɔ mene wɔn agyapadeɛ.Under pastoral review
6Ɛwom sɛ amanehunu mfiri mfuturo mu mmra, na ɔhaw nso mfiri asase mu mpue;Under pastoral review
7Nanso wɔwo onipa ma ɔhaw, sɛdeɛ ogya nturuwa tu kɔ soro.Under pastoral review
8Me deɛ, anka mɛhwehwɛ Onyankopɔn, na Onyankopɔn na anka mede m'asɛm bɛhyɛ ne nsa:Under pastoral review
9Deɛ ɔyɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ a wɔnhwehwɛ mu nhu; anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nkan:Under pastoral review
10Deɛ ɔma nsuo tɔ gu asase so, na ɔsoma nsuo kɔ mfuo so:Under pastoral review
11Sɛ ɔde wɔn a wɔwɔ fam no bɛsi soro; na wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ no, wɔama wɔn so akɔ banbɔ mu.Under pastoral review
12Ɔsɛe anifirefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ, ma wɔn nsa antumi anyɛ wɔn adwuma.Under pastoral review
13Ɔkyere anyansafoɔ wɔ wɔn ankasa anifire mu: na wɔsoa akyinnyegyefoɔ afotuo kɔ ntɛm so.Under pastoral review
14Wɔhyia esum awia, na wɔkeka wɔ owigyinaeɛ sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ anadwo.Under pastoral review
15Nanso ɔgye ohiani firi akofena ano, firi wɔn anom, ne ahoɔdenfoɔ nsam.Under pastoral review
16Enti ohiani wɔ anidasoɔ, na amumuyɛ mua n'ano.Under pastoral review
17Hwɛ, onipa a Onyankopɔn tene no so no ani gye: enti mmu Otumfoɔ Panin nteneso animtiaa:Under pastoral review
18Efisɛ ɔpira, na ɔkyekyere: ɔbɔ apirakuro, na ne nsa sa yadeɛ.Under pastoral review
19Ɔbɛgye wo wɔ ɔhaw nsia mu: aane, nson mu no, bɔne biara renka wo.Under pastoral review
20Ɛkɔm berɛ mu, ɔbɛgye wo afiri owuo mu: na ɔko mu nso afiri akofena tumi ase.Under pastoral review
21Wɔde wo bɛsie afiri tɛkrɛma abaa ano: na wonsuro ɔsɛeɛ ɛberɛ a ɛba.Under pastoral review
22Wobɛsere ɔsɛeɛ ne ɛkɔm: na wonsuro asase so mmoa.Under pastoral review
23Efisɛ wo ne afuo mu aboɔ bɛyɛ apam: na wuram mmoa ne wo bɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu.Under pastoral review
24Na wobɛhunu sɛ wo ntomadan wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu; na wobɛsra w'atenaeɛ, na worenyɛ bɔne.Under pastoral review
25Na wobɛhunu nso sɛ w'asefoɔ bɛdɔɔso, na w'awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ bɛyɛ sɛ asase so serɛ.Under pastoral review
26Wobɛkɔ wo damena mu wɔ mfeɛ a ɛdɔɔso mu, sɛdeɛ aburoo afiafi kɔ wɔ ne berɛ mu.Under pastoral review
27Hwɛ yei, yɛahwehwɛ mu, na saa na ɛteɛ; tie, na hunu ma wo ho yiedie.Under pastoral review