²⁵ The righteous is eating to the satiety of his soul, And the belly of the wicked lacketh!

¹⁰ Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

³ Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.

⁵ Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

⁸ for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

¹¹ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

²⁴ Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.

¹⁰ for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

¹³ Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, My servants do eat, and ye do hunger, Lo, My servants do drink, and ye do thirst, Lo, My servants rejoice, and ye are ashamed,

¹⁴ Lo, My servants sing from joy of heart, And ye cry from pain of heart, And from breaking of spirit ye do howl.

³⁴ And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

¹⁸ Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is -- to the age.

¹⁹ They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

¹⁶ Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

³ Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell `in' the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

⁴⁸ thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.