^{10 Ref} Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;

^{11 Ref} So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.

^{12 Ref} He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

^{13 Ref} He takes the wise in their own craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

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

^{15 Ref} But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

^{16 Ref} So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

^{17 Ref} "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

^{18 Ref} For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole.

^{19 Ref} He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.

^{20 Ref} In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword.

^{21 Ref} You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

^{22 Ref} At destruction and famine you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.