Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? / And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
你呼求吧！有谁答应你？诸圣者之中，你转向哪一位呢？

Surely vexation slays the fool, / And jealousy kills the simpleton.
烦恼的确杀死愚妄人，嫉妒害死痴呆人。

I have seen the fool taking root, / But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
我曾见愚妄人扎下根，但我忽然咒诅他的住处。

His children are far from safety, / And they are crushed in the gate; and there is no one to deliver them.
他的儿女远离安妥，在城门口被欺压，无人搭救。

The hungry eat his harvest / And even take it out from the thorns, / And the thirsty pant after his wealth.
他的庄稼，饥饿的人来吃尽了，就是在荆棘里的，也被取去了；他的财宝，干渴的人渴求夺取。

For evil does not come forth from the dust, / Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.
祸患原不是从土中出来，患难也不是从地里发生；

But man is born unto trouble, / Just as sparks fly upward.
但人生来必遇患难，如同火星往上飞腾。

But as for me, I would seek after God, / And I would commit my cause to God,
至于我，我必寻求神，把我申诉的事托付神；

Who does great things that cannot be searched, / Wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered;
祂行大事不可测度，行奇事不可胜数；

Who gives rain upon the surface of the earth / And sends water upon the surface of the fields;
赐雨在地面上，遣水于田野里；

Who sets on high those who are lowly / And puts those who mourn safely above all.
将卑微的安置在高处，将哀痛的高举到稳妥之地。

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, / So that their hands achieve no enterprise.
祂破坏狡猾人的计谋，使他们的手无所成就。

He seizes the wise in their own craftiness, / And the counsel of the wily is brought to a sudden end.
祂叫智慧人中了自己的诡计，使狡诈人的计谋速速破灭。

By day they encounter darkness, / And at noon they grope about as in the night.
他们白昼遇见黑暗，午间摸索如在夜间。

But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, / From the hand of the strong.
但祂拯救穷乏人，脱离他们口中的刀，脱离强暴人的手。

Thus the poor have hope, / And Injustice stops her mouth.
这样，贫寒人有指望，不义者塞口无言。

Indeed, blessed is the man whom God corrects; / Therefore do not reject the chastening of the Almighty.
看哪，神所惩治的人是有福的；所以你不可轻看全能者的管教。

For He wounds, but He binds up; / He strikes, but His hands heal.
因为祂打伤，又缠裹；祂击伤，又亲手医治。

In six troubles He will deliver you; / Indeed in seven no evil will touch you.
你六次遭难，祂必救你；就是七次，灾祸也无法害你。

In famine He will redeem you from death, / And in battle, from the power of the sword.
在饥荒中，祂必救赎你脱离死亡；在争战中，祂必救赎你脱离刀剑的权势。

From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden, / And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
你必被隐藏，不受口舌之害；毁灭临到，你也不惧怕。

At destruction and at famine you will laugh, / And you will not be afraid of the animals of the earth.
你遇见毁灭和饥荒，必置之一笑；地上的野兽，你也不惧怕。

For you will be in an alliance with the stones of the field, / And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.
因为你必与田野的石头立约；田野的走兽，也必与你和好。

And you will know that your tent is at peace, / And you will inspect your fold and miss nothing.
你必知道你帐棚平安，察看你的羊圈，也一无所失。

And you will know that your seed will be great, / And your offspring like the grass of the earth.
你必知道你的后裔将要繁多，你的子孙要像地上的青草。

You will come to the grave at a ripe old age, / Like a shock of grain coming up in its season.
你必寿足年迈才归坟墓，好像禾捆到时堆积起来。

This is it. We have searched it out; it is so. / Hear then and know it for yourself.
这理我们已经考察，本是如此；你应当听，且要自己明白。