^{10 Ref} Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

^{11 Ref} To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

^{12 Ref} He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

^{13 Ref} He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

^{14 Ref} They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

^{15 Ref} But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

^{16 Ref} So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

^{17 Ref} Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

^{18 Ref} For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

^{19 Ref} He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

^{20 Ref} In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

^{21 Ref} Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

^{22 Ref} At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.