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

¹⁹ To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.

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

²⁰ In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

²¹ When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

²² At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

¹² For even man knoweth not his time; as fish that are taken hold of by an evil net, and as birds that are taken hold of by a snare, like these `are' the sons of man snared at an evil time, when it falleth upon them suddenly.

¹⁶ He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock `are' his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

¹³ Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it `is'.

³ Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it `is'.

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil;